Bod-Inc: L-109
Lilius, Zacharias
Orbis breviarium.
Analysis of Content
[*1r] Lilius, Zacharias: [Letter addressed to] Matthaeus Bossus. Incipit: ‘[E]tsi complures excellenti ingenio uiri . . .’
[*2r] Bossus, Matthaeus: [Letter addressed to] Zacharias Lilius. Incipit: ‘[F]acis profecto me maximi, Zacharia confrater in Christo . . .’
[*3v] [Title-page.]
[*4r] Lilius, Zacharias: Orbis breviarium. Incipit: ‘[T]errarum orbis uniuersus in quinque distinguitur partes . . .’
o3r [List of cities, in alphabetical order.]
Imprint
Imprint: Naples: Ayolfus de Cantono, 9 Nov. 1496. 4°.
Collation
Collation: [*4] a–m8 n o6.
Illustrations: Woodcut map.
References
ISTC: il00219000
Hain: HC *10102;
Goff: Goff L‑219;
BMC: BMC VI 874;
Proctor: Pr 6744;
Others: BSB‑Ink L‑177; Campbell, Maps, 85; Fava–Bresciano 190; Oates 2535; Sander 3975; Sheppard 5471.
LCN: 14503681
Copies
Copy number: L-109(1)
Bound with:
1. Zacharias Lilius, De origine et laudibus scientiarum. Florence: Francesco Bonaccorsi, for Piero Pacini, 7 Apr. 1496 (L‑110(2)).
Binding: Eighteenth-century(?) parchment with sprinkled red and green-edged leaves; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 208 × 145 × 30 mm.
Size of leaf: 203 × 134 mm.
A few marginal notes, extracting key words, pointing hands, and underlining in an early hand. Early manuscript foliation, on both items: 1-184, partly visible. ‘Baye in Campania' added to the list of cities, in a different early hand.
Provenance: Purchased for £0. 16. 0; see Books Purchased (1828), 17.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q inf. 2.9(2).
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