Bod-Inc: S-285
Statilius, Nicolaus
Paradoxa, et al.
Analysis of Content
A1r Statilius, Nicolaus: Preface [addressed to] Hieronymus [Bononius] Tarvisanus. Incipit: ‘[A]nimaduertens saepenumero uir optime praeclara maiorum nostrorum ingenia . . .’
A2r [Statilius, Nicolaus: Paradoxa]. Incipit: ‘[O]mnes sapientes nobiles esse, expertes uero sapientes seruorum infimos . . .’
C3r Statilius, Michael: [Letter addressed to] Nicolas Statilius. Incipit: ‘[A]ccepi litteras tuas, Nicolae Statilii fili charissimae, una cum libello tuo . . .’ Dated Traù, 1 Mar. 1499.
C3v Statilius, Nicolaus: [Letter addressed to] Michael Statilius. Incipit: ‘[V]ehementer laetor pater charissimae probari tibi sententiam et lucubrationem meam . . .’ Dated Venice, 10 Apr. 1499.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, 7 Aug. 1500. 4°.
Collation
Collation: A–C4.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: is00689500
Hain: H 14974;
BMC: BMC V 549;
Proctor: Pr 5535;
Others: Sheppard 4596.
LCN: 14006974
Copies
Copy number: S-285(1)
Wanting leaf C3 containing the letters of Michael and Nicolaus Statilius, and the blank leaf C4.
Binding: Half calf, c.1880, over marbled paper boards; gilt-edged leaves; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 210 × 150 × 5 mm.
Size of leaf: 204 × 142 mm.
Provenance: London, British Museum; acquired 20 July 1894; shelfmarks: ‘8462.c.33'; ‘IA.24352'; stamp and duplicate stamp (with date of transfer 11 Oct. 1913) on C2v. Transferred to the Bodleian Library in Oct. 1913; see ‘List of Duplicate Incunabula' (Library Records c.1054), no. 18.
SHELFMARK: Inc. e. I4.1500.3.
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