Bod-Inc: D-024
Datus, Augustinus
Elegantiolae.
Analysis of Content
[a2r] Datus, Augustinus: Elegantiolae. Incipit: ‘[C]redimus iamdudum a plerisque viris etiam disertissimis . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: [Mantua: Johannes Vurster, c.1472]. 4° and 8°.
Collation
Collation: [a–d8].
References
ISTC: id00055000
GW: GW 8036;
Hain: HC 5976;
Goff: Goff D‑55;
BMC: BMC VII 929;
Proctor: Pr 6885;
Others: Sheppard 5620.
LCN: 14817321
Copies
Copy number: D-024(1)
Wanting the blank leaf [a1].
Binding: Quarter tan morocco over marbled pasteboards.
Size: 173 × 127 × 9 mm.
Size of leaf: 163 × 119 mm.
Occasional early marginal annotations frequently correcting the text.
On [a2r] a four-line initial ‘C' supplied in red with black pen-work hatching within the body of the letter. Paragraph marks supplied in red.
Provenance: Johannes Baptista Possevinus (fl. 1520-53); a cropped inscription on [a2r]: ‘Joannis Baptistae Possevini'. Purchased for £2. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1845), 9.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 6Q 6.51.
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