Bod-Inc: D-078
Diogenes Laertius
Vitae et sententiae philosophorum (ed. Benedictus Brognolus).
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.]
a1v Benedictus Brognolus: [Letter to] Laurentius Georgius [Zorzi] and Jacobus Baduarius [Badoer]. Incipit: ‘[T]imonem ferunt, optimi iuuenes . . .’ Dated Venice, 12 Aug. 1475.
a2r [Traversarius], Ambrosius: [Letter to] Cosimus de' Medici. Incipit: ‘[V]oluenti mihi quaedam Graeca volumina . . .’ See D‑076.
a2v ‘Tabula secundum ordinem librorum'.
a3r Diogenes Laertius: Vitae et sententiae philosophorum. Translated by Ambrosius Traversarius. Incipit: ‘[P]hilosophiam a barbaris initia sumpsisse . . .’ See D‑076.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: [Bonetus Locatellus] for Octavianus Scotus, 18 Dec. 1490. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–o8.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: id00222000
GW: GW 8381;
Hain: HC *6202;
Goff: Goff D‑222;
BMC: BMC V 438;
Proctor: Pr 5024;
Others: BSB‑Ink D‑157; Hillard 733; Oates 1959; Sheppard 4184.
LCN: 14817757
Copies
Copy number: D-078(1)
Binding: Sixteenth-century(?) pasteboards; stitched onto two leather ties which have been stabbed through the spine and the covers.
Size: 221 × 167 × 18 mm.
Size of leaf: 217 × 159 mm.
Copious early marginal notes in a humanist hand, extracting key words and providing captions.
Provenance: Purchased either in 1858 for £0. 8. 6 (Books Purchased (1858), 32); or in 1860 for £0. 7. 0 (Books Purchased (1860), 23).
Former Bodleian shelfmark: Auct. 1Q 5.84.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O inf. 1.65.
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