Bod-Inc: F-038C
Festus
De historia Romana (ed. Angelus Tifernas).
Analysis of Content
a1r [Passerini] Tifernas, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Baptista de Ursinis. Incipit: ‘[S]uperioribus diebus quum de me esset mentio . . .’ Explicit: et me ama
a1r [Passerini] Tifernas, Angelus: [Introduction.] Incipit: ‘Regnauit in Italia Ianus Saturnus deinde post eum Picus . . .’ Explicit: Amulio. xliii
a1v [Festus: Breviarium rerum gestarum populi Romani. Also known as De historia Romana. Addressed to] Valentinianus I, Roman Emperor. ‘De historia Romana libellus.’ Edited by Angelus [Passerini] Tifernas. See F‑038A. In this edition the author is called ‘Sextus Ruffus'.
Imprint
Imprint: Rome: Eucharius Silber, 23 Aug. 1491. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a6 b4.
References
ISTC: ir00357000
Hain: HCR 14032;
Goff: Goff R‑357;
BMC: BMC IV 112;
Proctor: Pr 3848;
Others: Sheppard 3046.
LCN: 14029193
Copies
Copy number: F-038C(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century green paper boards, backed with gold-tooled green morocco; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 214 × 153 × 7 mm.
Size of leaf: 206 × 144 mm.
Provenance: ‘R S No. 66'; note in red on the verso of the front endleaf. Carlo Riva (nineteenth century), Milan; see Catalogue (1857), lot 1756; note on the verso of the front endleaf [by David Rogers]. Purchased at the Riva sale for £0. 16. 6; see Books Purchased (1857), 64.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 4Q 5.24.
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