Bod-Inc: C-284
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Epistolae ad Brutum, et al.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] [Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Epistolae ad Marcum Brutum.] Cic. Ad Brut. 6-7; 9; 11; 13-26 only.
[a10r] [Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Epistolae ad Quintum fratrem.] Cic. Q. fr. 1; 2. 1. 1 with 2. 2. 3-4; 2. 3. 1-4 with 2. 1. 1-3; 2. 2. 1-3 with 2. 5; 2. 6. 1-2 with 2. 3. 4-7; 2. 4 with 2. 6. 2-4; 2. 7-16; 3.
[d1v] [Cicero, Marcus Tullius [pseudo-]: Epistola ad Octavianum.] [Cic.] Oct.
[d3r] [Cicero, Marcus Tullius and Petrarca, Franciscus: Epistolae ad Atticum.] Cic. Att. 1-3; 4. 1-9; 4. 11-16; 4. 17.1-3 with 4. 19. 2; 5-8; 9. 1-8; 9. 7. C; 9. 7. B; 9. 7. A; 9. 9-11; 9. 11. A; 9.12-13, 9. 13a; 9. 13. A; 9. 14-19; 10-16; Franciscus Petrarca, Familiarum rerum libri, 24.3, ‘Ad Marcum Tullium Ciceronem',in Petrarca, Epistole, ed. Ugo Dotti (Turin, 1978), 538-42. 12 and 13 all one. Incorrect imposition on [e8r-v]: inverted: 2. 15-16; [i4r-v] contains 11. 14. 3 – 11. 17. 1; [i3v] ends 7. 2. 4 and [i5r] begins 7. 3. 5; [i6v] ends 7. 7. 6 and [i7r] begins 11. 25. 1 and [i7v] ends 12. 5. 2; [i8r] begins 7. 9. 3.
[s1r] [Cornelius Nepos]: [Vita Attici.] Nep. Att.
[s5v] [Verse colophon.] Incipit: ‘Attice, nunc totus Veneta diffunderis urbe | Cum quondam fuerit copia rara tui'; 3 elegiac distichs.
[s5v] [Prose colophon.]
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1470. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [a–c10 d12 e–g10 h12 i–l10 m12 n–r10 s6].
References
ISTC: ic00500000
GW: GW 6859;
Hain: H *5214;
Goff: Goff C‑500;
BMC: BMC V 166;
Proctor: Pr 4064;
Others: BSB‑Ink C‑322; Lowry, Jenson, 239, no. 2; Sheppard 3236.
LCN: 14884452
Copies
Copy number: C-284(1)
Wanting the blank leaf [s6].
Binding: English red morocco, by C. S. Kalthoeber, c.1795, the spine decorated with an octagonal flower-petal tool; marbled pastedowns, gilt-edged leaves; both covers stamped with the arms of the 2nd Earl Spencer, impaling Bingham, quartered with Turberville; motto: ‘Dieu defend le droit'; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 339 × 235 × 37 mm.
Size of leaf: 324 × 214 mm.
Some pointing hands.
Provenance: George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834); arms on cover; cancelled accession number ‘3389'; not in his sale (1821). Purchased from Payne and Foss, A Catalogue of Books in Foreign Languages . . . (London, 1824), no. 2856 (not priced), for £18. 18. 0; see Books Purchased (1824), 4.
SHELFMARK: Auct. L 5.14.
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