Bod-Inc: C-285
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Epistolae ad Brutum, et al.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Table of contents.]
a1v Salicetus, Bartholomaeus; Regius, Ludovicus: [Letter addressed to] Augustinus Maffeus. Incipit: ‘Ecce studiosis, litterarum cultor Augustine, uolumina epistolarum . . .’
a2r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Epistolae ad Marcum Brutum. Cic. Ad Brut. 6-7; 9; 11; 13-26 only.
b5r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Epistolae ad Quintum fratrem. Cic. Q. fr. 1. 2-4; 2. 1-4; 2. 6. 2 – 2. 7; 2. 8. 1-2 with 2. 5; 2. 6. 1-2 with 2. 8. 3; 2. 9-16; 3.
d5r Cicero, Marcus Tullius [pseudo-]: Epistola ad Octavianum. [Cic.] Oct..
d6r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Epistolae ad Atticum. Cic. Att. 1-3; 4. 1-9; 4. 11 – 11. 15; 4. 16. 1 – 4. 16. 5 with 4. 17. 3-5; 4. 18; 4. 19. 1 with 4. 16. 6 – 4. 16. 9; 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. 12.1-26 all one, also 12.29-53; 13; 15.11-29.
x5r Cornelius Nepos: Vita Attici. Nep. Att.
x7v Laetus, Julius Pomponius: [Verse, addressed to] Augustinus Maffeus. Incipit: ‘Quaeque erat altiloqui Ciceronis epistola Bruto | Missa aut ad Quinton(!), Attice siue tibi'; 5 elegiac distichs.
x7v Laetus, Julius Pomponius: [Note, addressed to the readers.] Incipit: ‘Simplicius scripsi quam rei dignitas requirebat . . .’
x8r Regius, Ludovicus: [Letter addressed to] Augustinus Maffeus. Incipit: ‘[N]oon(!) te praeterit, unice ac studiosissime Romanarum rerum . . .’ Explicit: commodo consultu uoluisti. Vale
Imprint
Imprint: [Venice: Philippus Pincius, c.1495]. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a8 b–t6 u x8.
Watermarks: The watermark on the front endleaf bears the arms of Amsterdam.
References
ISTC: ic00502000
GW: GW 6861;
Hain: HCR 5212;
Goff: Goff C‑502;
BMC: BMC V 496;
Proctor: Pr 5305;
Others: Sheppard 4395.
LCN: 14884433
Copies
Copy number: C-285(1)
Binding: Dutch gold-tooled red morocco, c.1700; on each cover, a gold foliate roll forming a border, and an inner rectangle formed by a roll of small rectangles and lozenges; on the spine is a repeated double drawer handle stamp, with a small flame stamp above and below; marbled pastedowns; gilt-edged leaves; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 298 × 217 × 34 mm.
Size of leaf: 292 × 199 mm.
Provenance and date of acquisition unknown, but before c.1820, judging from its position in ‘Catalogus Bibliothecae Novae'.
SHELFMARK: Auct. N 2.18.
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