Bod-Inc: C-302
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
De fato, et al.
Analysis of Content
a2r Valla, Georgius: [Introductory preface, addressed to] Johannes Jacobus Trivultius. Incipit: ‘[D]e fato Ciceronis opusculum sane reconditum . . .’
a2v Valla, Georgius: [Introduction to commentary on De fato, addressed to] Johannes Jacobus Trivultius. Incipit: ‘[Q]uoniam de fato tota fere nostra futura est oratio . . .’ Explicit: ad nos peruenerit exorsus est
a4r Valla, Georgius: [Commentary on De fato.] Incipit: ‘ “[Q]uia pertinet ad mores”, et quae sequuntur. Sensus est: uis et ratio . . .’ Explicit: ipsorum ita iubente natura
a4r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: De fato. Cic. Fat.
b10v Valla, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Bernardus Salvaticus. Incipit: ‘[O]bseruantia praecipuaque beniuolentia qua me ex quo . . .’ Explicit: operis lectione differam. Vale
b10r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: [Letter addressed to] Gaius Trebatius. Cic. Fam. 7. 19.
c1r Valla, Georgius: [Commentary on Topica.] Incipit: ‘[I]n Topicis Ciceronis post Marii Victorini Boetiique . . .’ Explicit: absoluta uideretur
c1r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Topica. Cic. Top.
f5v [Colophon.]
A1v Valla, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[P]latonis liber qui Timaeus uel de natura inscribitur . . .’ Explicit: iudicii subiiceretur incudi. Vale
A2r Valla, Georgius: [Commentary on Timaeus.] Incipit: ‘ “[M]ulta sunt a nobis in Academicis nostris conscripta”, etc. Terentio Varrone et Pomponio Attico dialogum contra eos . . .’ Explicit: posterum datum iri
A2r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Timaeus. Cic. Tim.
C6r Valla, Georgius: [Concluding remarks on Cicero's translation, addressed to] Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[A]d hunc usque locum, uir longe peritissime Hermolae Barbare . . .’ Explicit: disputationem concinnissime. Conclusit
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Antonius de Strata, de Cremona, 11 July 1485. Folio.
Collation
Collation: Part I: De fato. Topica: a8 b10 c d8 e f6; part II: Timaeus: A8 B C6.
Illustrations: 12 schematic woodcuts.
References
ISTC: ic00563000
GW: GW 6908;
Hain: HC 5112 (Topica); H 5342 (De fato); H *5343;
Goff: Goff C‑563;
BMC: BMC V 294;
Proctor: Pr 4587;
Others: BSB‑Ink C‑299; Sander 1950; Sheppard 3704.
LCN: 14800455
Copies
Copy number: C-302(1)
On a2r, l. 3: ‘ . . . æditionem'.
Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf with gold-tooled spine; marbled pastedowns; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers; edges red.
Size: 288 × 204 × 22 mm.
Size of leaf: 282 × 192 mm.
Some early marginal notes.
Initials are supplied in red or blue or interlocked red and blue; paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue.
Provenance: Nicolaus Dö(?)ring, or Törring (fifteenth/sixteenth century); inscription on C6v: ‘Est mei Nicolai Dö(?)ryng regii consiliarii et decretorum doctoris'. Richard Heber (1773-1833); stamp ‘Bibliotheca Heberiana' on front endleaf; see Catalogue, 1 (1834), lot 1782. Purchased for £0. 12. 0; see Books Purchased (1834), 7.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 5.14.
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