Bod-Inc: C-231
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
De oratore.
Analysis of Content
a1r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: De oratore. Cic. De Orat. The first part of Book 1 is entitled ‘praefatio' in the incunable edition.
m6r [Colophon.]
m6v Cicero, Marcus Tullius: [Note on the De oratore, addressed to] Quintus Lepta. Cic. Fam. 6. 18. 4.
m6v [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Felices quibus insonabis aures | O nate ingenio liber peracri'; 22 Phalaecian hendecasyllables.
Imprint
Imprint: Milan: Philippus de Lavagnia, 8 Nov. 1477. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–k8 l m6.
References
ISTC: ic00659000
GW: GW 6748;
Hain: HC *5101;
Goff: Goff C‑659;
BMC: BMC VI 705;
Proctor: Pr 5858;
Others: BSB‑Ink C‑318; Sheppard 4817.
LCN: 14885350
Copies
Copy number: C-231(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf; marbled paper boards; bound for Kloß.
Size: 287 × 212 × 25 mm.
Size of leaf: 279 × 195 mm.
Some early marginal annotations.
Provenance: Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; see sale (1835), lot 1047, where it is listed as a folio. Purchased for £1. 15. 0; see Books Purchased (1840), 8.
SHELFMARK: Auct. Q 3.14.
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