Bod-Inc: P-479
Propertius, Sextus Aurelius
Elegiae.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Propertius, Sextus Aurelius: Elegiae. ‘Sexti Aurelii Propertii Nautae Umbri incipit liber aelegiarum uel monobiblos ad Tullum.’ Prop. See J. L. Butrica, The Manuscript Tradition of Propertius (Toronto, 1984) 159-66; S. J. Heyworth, ‘The Elegies of Propertius: Towards a Critical Edition', unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge, 1986.
Imprint
Imprint: [Venice: Federicus de Comitibus, Veronensis], Feb. 1472. 4°.
Remarks: Displacement of text at [g3]: text on recto and verso reversed during printing.
Collation
Collation: [a–g10 h4].
References
ISTC: ip01014000
Hain: CR 4888;
Goff: Goff P‑1014;
BMC: BMC VII 1135;
Proctor: Pr 7354;
Others: Sheppard 3361.
LCN: 14087143
Copies
Copy number: P-479(1)
Binding: Eighteenth-century gold-tooled blue morocco with gilt edges, marbled pastedowns, and a pink silk bookmark; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers; probably bound for the Library.
Size: 233 × 163 × 21 mm.
Size of leaf: 225 × 149 mm.
A few marginal notes in a contemporary Italian hand, supplying brackets, pointing hands, and ‘nota' signs.
Provenance: Maffeo Pinelli (1735-1785); Morelli (1787), II 4920; sale (1789), lot 9822, marked down (according to the Bodleian's annotated copy of the catalogue) to Peter Elmsley for £9. 11. 0. Purchased for £9. 0. 0; see Books Purchased (1789), 6.
SHELFMARK: Auct. L 4.1.
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