Bod-Inc: D-083
Diogenes Laertius
Vitae et sententiae philosophorum [Italian].
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.]
a2r Diogenes Laertius: Vitae et sententiae philosophorum [Italian]. ‘El libro della vita de phylosophi et delle loro elegantissime sententie'. Incipit: ‘[T]hales philosopho fu de Asia . . .’
g5r [Colophon.]
g5v [Alphabetical index.]
Imprint
Imprint: Florence: Jacopo di Carlo and Petrus de Bonaccursis, 24 Oct. 1489. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–e8 f g6.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: id00232000
GW: GW 8390;
Hain: H *6209;
Goff: Goff D‑232;
BMC: BMC VI 677;
Others: Sheppard 5229.
LCN: 14817811
Copies
Copy number: D-083(1)
Bound with:
2. Phalaris, Epistolae. Florence: Francesco di Dino, 31 July 1489 (P‑255(2));
3. Pius II, Pont. Max., De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia. Florence: Francesco di Dino, 20 Sept. 1489 (P‑307).
Binding: Parchment, with blue-edged leaves.
Size: 198 × 137 × 29 mm.
Size of leaf: 190 × 126 mm.
Provenance: On a1r of item 1 a cancelled inscription ‘[ ] Dom. Bernardino de rod[ ] Marchese de d[ ]. Ill[ ] domino [ ]'. Serragli of Florence, a noble family; on a1v and g6v of item 1 an ink drawing of a coat of arms: party per pale and barry counterchanged, lettered ‘Serragli'; on h4v of item 3 the inscription: ‘Questo libro e di Girolamo di Piero d'Andrea di Bartolomeo di Uannzo Serragli Fiorentino'. John Thynne (1772-1849), Lord Carteret de Hawnes, 1841; armorial book-plate; see Howe, Book Plates, 29453. Francis John Thynne; anonymous sale (Puttick & Simpson, 15 Apr. 1886), lot 317. Ingram Bywater (1840-1914); Elenchus, no. 728. Bequeathed in 1914.
SHELFMARK: Byw. L 1.3(1).
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