Copy number: C-289(1)

Wanting the blank leaves [b1], [f6], [n5-6].

Leaf [h7] is cancelled, the text of [h6v] and [h8r] being continuous, as GW, not as the collation in BMC.

Binding: Eighteenth-century English gold-tooled diced russia; marbled pastedowns; gilt-edged leaves; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.

Size: 293 × 210 × 25 mm.

Size of leaf: 285 × 192 mm.

Occasional early marginal annotations and underlining in the text.

On [b2r] a seven-line initial is supplied in faded red(?) on a faded green(?) ground, with reserved white foliate decoration, all within a border of four red rules, and with faded pen-work extensions into the inner margin; initials are supplied in red or white, on a red or brown ground, with reserved white foliate decoration. In the lower margin of [b2r] a coat of arms of Reuss von Reussenstein, within a green wreath: gules, a bear rampant argent. On [a1-2] and [b1] text enclosed within red rules.

Provenance: Reuss von Reussenstein; coat of arms (see above): see Siebmacher, Bd. 6, Abt. 2, Abgestorbene Schwäbische Adels-Geschlechter, 14, pl. 6. Perhaps Maffeo Pinelli (1735-1785); see Morelli (1787), I no. 1430; sale (1789), lot 6341, for £6. 15. 0; no purchaser is named in the annotated sale catalogue. Purchased for £8. 18. 6; see Books Purchased (1789), 5.

SHELFMARK: Auct. L 3.3.