Bod-Inc: C-499
Curtius Rufus, Quintus
Historiae Alexandri Magni [Italian] La Historia d'Alexandro Magno.
Analysis of Content
a1r Curtius Rufus, Quintus: La Historia d'Alexandro Magno. Translated by Petrus Candidus Decembrius, as stated in the title. Dedicated to Philippus Maria [Visconti], Duke of Milan (1412-47). Incipit: ‘[A]lexandro in questo mezo mandato Eleandro(!) con molta pecunia . . .’ ed. Pisa (1975), but probably a modern Italian translation from Latin
D2r Decembrius, Petrus Candidus: Comparazione di Caio Julio Cesare et d'Alexandro Magno. Dedicated to Philippus Maria, Duke of Milan. Incipit: ‘[I]o credo, serenissimo principe, che fra molte singulare [e] gioconde quistione . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: Florence: Apud Sanctum Jacobum de Ripoli, 1478. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a8 b–f6 g h I l–q4 r ſ2 t u4 x–z [et] [con] ꝶ A–D8.
References
ISTC: ic01006000
GW: GW 7877;
Hain: HCR 5888 = H 5889;
Goff: Goff C‑1006;
BMC: BMC VI 622;
Proctor: Pr 6100;
Others: Oates 2331; Sheppard 5072.
LCN: 14817986
Copies
Copy number: C-499(1)
Binding: Eighteenth-century(?) quarter calf; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 275 × 212 × 30 mm.
Size of leaf: 270 × 198 mm.
Early marginal notes bleached out leaving the leaves brown and brittle.
Provenance: Purchased for £5. 13. 6; see Books Purchased (1857), 19 (1476).
SHELFMARK: Auct. 5Q 5.24.
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