Bod-Inc: C-259
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Epistolae ad familiares.
Analysis of Content
[a2r] Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Epistolae ad familiares. Cic. Fam. 1-7; 8. 1 – 8. 2. 1(pt) with 8. 9. 4-5; 8. 10-17; 9. 1-15; 8. 2. 1-2; 8. 3-5; 2. 9; 8. 6 – 8. 9. 3 with 9. 15; 9. 16-26; 10; 11. 1-26; 11. 28; 11. 27; 11. 29; 12; 13. 1-49; 2. 14; 13. 50-79; 14; 15. 1-6; 15. 9; 15. 7-8; 15. 10-21; 16. 5; 16. 7; 16. 1-4; 16. 6; 16. 8-9; 16. 11-12; 16. 10; 16. 15; 16. 14; 16. 13; 16. 16-27.
Imprint
Imprint: [Venice: Vindelinus de Spira], 1470. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [a12 b10 c6 d–n10 o8].
References
ISTC: ic00506000
GW: GW 6803;
Hain: H *5166;
Goff: Goff C‑506;
BMC: BMC V 156;
Proctor: Pr 4021;
Others: Essling 20; Sheppard 3198.
LCN: 14885858
Copies
Copy number: C-259(1)
Wanting the blank leaf [a1].
Binding: Eighteenth-century French olive-green morocco, probably faded from blue, with gold-tooled spine, decorated with a floral stamp, surrounded by small stars and dots, the turn-ins decorated with alternate zig-zag lines and fern tips; marbled pastedowns; gilt-edged leaves; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 317 × 225 × 33 mm.
Size of leaf: 307 × 208 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear notes, some in red ink, mainly commenting on the text; frequent in the first two gatherings.
On [a2r] a seven-line Venetian epigraphic initial ‘E' is supplied in gold surrounded by white vine-stems, defined in red, blue, and green, extending into a similar border, decorated with gold dots; see Pächt and Alexander II, 108 no. pr. 41; similar initials at beginnings of books; other epigraphic initials are supplied in blue. Marginal guide-letters for initials in black ink.
Provenance: Probably Justin, comte MacCarthy Reagh (1744-1811), sale (1789), lot 871. Purchased for £5. 5. 0; see Books Purchased (1789), 5.
SHELFMARK: Auct. N 2.11.
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