Bod-Inc: S-171
Septem Sapientes Romae
Historia septem sapientium Romae.
Analysis of Content
a1r ‘Praefatio'. Incipit: ‘[C]omposita pridem calumnie nouercalis historia quae septem sapientum dicitur, pulchro quidem argumento . . .’
a2r [Historia septem sapientium Romae.] ‘Historia de calumnia nouercali'. ‘De nuptiis regis et nato filio et morte uxoris'. Incipit: ‘[R]ex quidam domi et foris bello et pace egregius . . .’ A different version of the Historia to that in S‑170. For the textual differences between these versions, see VL VIII 1181; Moldenhauer, ‘Verzeichnis der Drucke', 334-5 no. 6. See also S‑170.
Imprint
Imprint: Antwerp: Gerard Leeu, 6 Nov. 1490. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–h6 i k4.
Illustrations: 11 woodcuts, found also in Koelhoff's Latin edition (Cologne, 1490 (see S‑172)) and in Leeu's Dutch edition (Antwerp, 1488). Woodcut initials.
Remarks: Last gathering signed ‘i j' in error. For discussion of the collation see BMC.
References
ISTC: is00448600
Hain: HC 8724;
BMC: BMC IX 195;
Proctor: Pr 9394;
Others: Boekdrukkunst, 134; BSB‑Ink H‑294; Campbell 950; CIBN H‑154; HPT II 420; ILC 1953; Inventaris, 198; Oates 3929; Sheppard 7232-3.
LCN: 14052730, 14052810
Copies
Copy number: S-171(1)
Wanting a1.
Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf over marbled paper boards; gilt title on a red leather label on the spine; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 187 × 132 × 17 mm.
Size of leaf: 175 × 121 mm.
A jotting in a sixteenth-century Netherlandish hand on k4v. Bibliographical notes in Douce's hand on a sheet attached to the front pastedown.
Provenance: Francis Douce (1757-1834); book-plate. Bequeathed in 1834.
SHELFMARK: Douce 42.
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