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Bod-Inc: M-069

Manilius, Marcus

Astronomicon.

 

Analysis of Content

a1r Manilius, Marcus: Astronomicon. Man.; not in Cramer. ‘Capitula' follow the first four books.

Imprint

Imprint: [Venice: Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, c.1498-1500]. 8°.

Remarks: As dated by BSB‑Ink, CIBN, and Sheppard. Also ascribed to [Verona: Paulus Friedenperger, c.1489-90]: see Daniela Fattori, ‘Nuove ricerche sulla tipografia veronese del Quattrocento', Bibliofilia, 97 (1995), 1-20, at 12-13.

Collation

Collation: a–i8 k6.

References

ISTC: im00206000

Hain: HC 10702;

Goff: Goff M‑206;

BMC: BMC V 598;

Proctor: Pr 5692;

Others: BSB‑Ink M‑126; CIBN M‑90; Sheppard 4601. Microfiche: Unit 3: Image of the World: Geography and Cosmography.

LCN: 14479852

Copies

Copy number: M-069(1)

Leaf a2r, l. 2: ‘ . . . ptoprias . . .’

Binding: Seventeenth-century(?) parchment; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.

Size: 213 × 162 × 22 mm.

Size of leaf: 205 × 157 mm.

Marginal and interlinear annotations (not by Isaac Vossius), including corrections to the text and ‘nota' marks, in both black and red ink; notes added by Sherburne accompanied by the letters ‘DB': see Reeve, ‘Acidalius', 236.

Provenance: Isaac Vossius (1618-1689); name on a1r: ‘Isaacus Vossius'. Sir Edward Sherburne (1618-1702); his monogram is on a1r: ‘F[elix] S[ervator] L[ympidarum] A[quarum]', for which see Birrell, ‘Library of Sir Edward Sherburne', 194, with this copy noted on 204, note 12; not identified in the manuscript catalogue of Sherburne's books (MS. Rawl. Q. b. 3). Purchased for £2. 2. 0; see Books Purchased (1841), 26.

Former Bodleian shelfmark: 4o I 30 Art (written along the fore-edge).

SHELFMARK: Auct. O 5.19.


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