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Bod-Inc: C-494

Curtius Rufus, Quintus

Historiae Alexandri Magni (ed. Pomponius Laetus).

 

Analysis of Content

[a1r] Curtius Rufus, Quintus: Historiae Alexandri Magni. See C‑493. Edited by Pomponius Laetus.

[q9v] [Colophon with a note on the editor.]

Imprint

Imprint: [Rome]: Georgius Lauer, [not after Jan. 1472]. 4°.

Collation

Collation: [a–k10 l–p8 q10].

References

ISTC: ic00999000

GW: GW 7872;

Hain: HCR 5879;

Goff: Goff C‑999;

BMC: BMC IV 37;

Proctor: Pr 3407;

Others: Oates 1382; Rhodes 643; Sheppard 2727.

LCN: 14428415

Copies

Copy number: C-494(1)

Wanting the blank leaf [q10].

Binding: Eighteenth-century calf; marbled pastedowns; gold-tooled floral border on both covers; the spine gold-tooled; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.

Size: 300 × 210 × 37 mm.

Size of leaf: 290 × 196 mm.

Early marginal notes in a humanist hand extracting key words.

Provenance: George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834); sale (1821), lot 262; purchased for £2. 12. 6; see Books Purchased (1821), 5 and the annotated sale catalogue.

SHELFMARK: Auct. L 5.7.


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