Bod-Inc: C-323
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
De officiis, et al.
Analysis of Content
Part I.
[*2r] Regius, Raphael: [Letter lamenting the poor textual quality of many printed texts, addressed to] Antonius Moretus. Incipit: ‘Decreueram, Morete, posthac aut nihil librorum qui imprimendi essent . . .’ Explicit: maximo eris adiumento. Vale’
[*2r] [Note on the parts of philosophy.] Incipit: ‘Cum in hoc opere “De officiis” potissima philosophiae moralis . . .’ Explicit: ex ingenio suo adiecit’
a1r Omnibonus Leonicenus [pseudo-: Commentary on De officiis.] Incipit: ‘ “[Q]uanquam te, Marce fili”. In hoc prohoemio, Cicero ea quae de exordiorum . . .’ Explicit: institutaque philosophorum continetur’ The ascription to Leonicenus is declared spurious by Monfasani, ‘First Call', 29.
a1r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: De officiis. Cic. Off.
Part II.
AA1r Phileticus, Martinus: [Preface to commentary on De senectute.] Incipit: ‘[M]arcus Tullius Cicero linguae Romanae decus et splendor non in eloquentia . . .’ Explicit: talibus versiculis consolatur’
AA1v Phileticus, Martinus: [Commentary on De senectute.] Incipit: ‘ “[O] Tite, si quid ego adiuto”. Adiuto: frequentatiuum a iuuo as ab ultimo supino . . .’ Explicit: armis sapientem decet’
AA1v Cicero, Marcus Tullius: De senectute. Cic. Sen.
Part III.
aa1r [Omnibonus Leonicenus: Introduction to the commentary on the Paradoxa stoicorum.] Incipit: ‘Titulus huius opusculi est Marci Tulli Ciceronis Paradoxorum liber. Paradoxa dicuntur . . .’ Explicit: uacui bono’
aa1r [Omnibonus Leonicenus: Commentary on Paradoxa stoicorum.] Incipit: ‘ “[A]nimaduerti, Brute”. Scribitur autem hoc opusculum ad Brutum . . .' explicit: ‘ . . .vim inesse cognouerunt'.’ Ascribed to Leonicenus by Ballistreri in DBI XII 234-6.
aa1r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Paradoxa stoicorum. Cic. Parad.
Imprint
Imprint: [Milan: Antonius Zarotus, not before 1482]. Folio.
Collation
Collation: Part I: De officiis: [*2] a–c8 d6 e–l8 m6 n8 o6 p–t8; part II: Cato maior: AA–CC8 DD4; part III: Paradoxa: aa bb6.
References
ISTC: ic00596000
GW: GW 6949;
Hain: C 1622; R 120;
Goff: Goff C‑596;
BMC: BMC VI 720;
Proctor: Pr 5840;
Others: Ganda 103; Sheppard 4865.
Copies
Copy number: C-323(1)
Bound with:
4. Marcus Tullius Cicero, De amicitia. [Milan: Leonardus Pachel and Uldericus Scinzenzeler, c.1483] (C‑340).
Binding: Nineteenth-century half brown morocco, with cloth boards.
Size: 313 × 217 × 42 mm.
Size of leaf: 303 × 197 mm.
Provenance: Jacobus Ro[ ] (sixteenth-century); inscription on recto of front endleaf of items 1-3: ‘Quorum [ ] Jacobus Ro[ ] scripsit omnia verba hec'. Leo Samuel Olschki (1861-1940), Catalogue 17, no. 28. Purchased from Olschki, 28 Oct. 1888, for 60 franchi [italiani i.e. Lire]; see Library bills.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P inf. 2.15(1-3).
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