Bod-Inc: D-072
Diodorus Siculus
Bibliothecae historicae libri VI (ed. Bartholomaeus Merula).
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.]
a2r Poggius Florentinus: [Introductory letter, addressed to] Nicolaus V, Pont. Max. Incipit: ‘[N]ullus antea quantum vis praeclarus rerum scriptor . . .’
a2v ‘Tituli primi libri'.
a2v Diodorus Siculus: Bibliothecae historicae libri VI. Translated by Poggius Florentinus. Edited by Bartholomaeus Merula, as stated in the colophon. Incipit: ‘[M]agnas merito gratias rerum scriptoribus homines debet . . .’
n5v [Colophon.]
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 20 Sept. 1496. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a–n6.
Remarks: Leaf a2 signed a, etc.
References
ISTC: id00213000
GW: GW 8377;
Hain: H *6191;
Goff: Goff D‑213;
BMC: BMC V 530;
Proctor: Pr 5441;
Others: BSB‑Ink D‑151; Rhodes 682; Sheppard 4532.
LCN: 14815904
Copies
Copy number: D-072(1)
Wanting a1, and n6.
Binding: Nineteenth-century blind-tooled calf.
Size: 319 × 214 × 15 mm.
Size of leaf: 310 × 200 mm.
Provenance: J. T. Hand (fl. 1834-1837), 1835; signature dated 1835 on the recto of the front endleaf; purchased at his sale (1837), lot 189, for £0. 5. 0; see Books Purchased (1837), 11.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O inf. 2.17.
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