Bod-Inc: C-230
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
De oratore.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] [Cicero, Marcus Tullius: De oratore.] Cic. De Orat.
[h8v] [Verse colophon.] Incipit: ‘Si quem oratoris perfecti audire iuuabit | Materiam fons est hoc Ciceronis opus'; 3 elegiac distichs.
Imprint
Imprint: [Venice]: Christophorus Valdarfer, 1470. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [a b10 c–f8.10 g h8].
References
ISTC: ic00658000
GW: GW 6746;
Hain: HC *5100;
Goff: Goff C‑658;
BMC: BMC V 183;
Proctor: Pr 4131;
Others: BSB‑Ink C‑316; Rhodes 584; Sheppard 3299.
LCN: 14885447
Copies
Copy number: C-230(1)
Binding: Gold-tooled red morocco; plain dark blue pastedowns and gilt-edged leaves; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 343 × 232 × 26 mm.
Size of leaf: 331 × 216 mm.
Traces of marginal notes on [a1r], washed out.
Initials are supplied in red. Capital strokes in red.
Provenance: Purchased from Joseph Sams for £14. 14. 0; note on front endleaf; see Books Purchased (1823), 3.
SHELFMARK: Auct. N 2.32.
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