Bod-Inc: J-290
Justinus, Marcus Junianus
Epitomae in Trogi Pompeii historias.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Justinus, [Marcus Junianus]: Epitomae in Trogi Pompeii historias. Just. Epit.
[o10r] [Verse colophon by the book, naming the printer.] Incipit: ‘Historias ueteres peregrinaque gesta reuoluo | Iustinus lege me sum Trogus ipse breuis'; 2 elegiac distichs.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1470. 4°.
Collation
Collation: [a–o10].
References
ISTC: ij00613000
Hain: HR 9647;
Goff: Goff J‑613;
BMC: BMC V 167;
Proctor: Pr 4067;
Others: CIBN J‑335; Hillard 1171; Lowry, Jenson, 239, no. 3; Rhodes 1046; Sheppard 3239.
LCN: 14544818
Copies
Copy number: J-290(1)
Several leaves in the first and last gatherings mounted.
Binding: English (London c.1790) red morocco with marbled pastedowns, gilt-edged leaves, and the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Bound by H. Walther; ticket on the verso of the front endleaf.
Size: 284 × 201 × 32 mm.
Size of leaf: 275 × 185 mm.
Washed early marginal notes in gathering [a], also occasional annotations and pointing hands in the rest of the book.
Three- to six-line epigraphic initials are supplied in red or blue.
Provenance: Maffeo Pinelli (1735-1785); see Morelli (1787), II no. 2791; sale (1789), lot 7692. Purchased through Peter Elmsley for £18. 7. 6; see the annotated sale catalogue and Books Purchased (1789), 5.
SHELFMARK: Auct. L 3.11.
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