Bod-Inc: S-340
Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius
De Vita Caesarum, et al.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: De XII caesaribus.] ‘Ausonii Versus'. Prete 202 no. XXII.1-5 (Green 161 no. XXIII.1-5).
[a1r] Suetonius Tranquillus, C[aius]: De Vita Caesarum. See S‑336.
[p10r] Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: De XII caesaribus.] ‘Ausonius Hesperio filio salutem'. Prete 202-4 no. XXII.1-41, and 208-9, 52-76 (Green 161-3, 166-7 no. XXIII.1-41, 94-117).
[p11v] [Vita Suetonii.] ‘De Suetonio.’ Incipit: ‘Suetonius Lenis tertiae decimae legionis tribunus . . .’
[p11v] ‘Item De Eodem.’ Incipit: ‘C. Suetonius uisus est ea libertate scripsisse . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: [Bologna: Printer of the Suetonius (H 15113), c.1477]. 4°.
Remarks: BMC suggests that this edition is a reprint of [Venice]: Nicolaus Jenson, [before July] 1471, with some differences.
Collation
Collation: [a–m10.12 n o10 p12].
References
ISTC: is00819000
Hain: HC *15113;
Goff: Goff S‑819;
BMC: BMC VI 853;
Proctor: Pr 7369;
Others: BSB‑Ink S‑611; CIBN S‑488; Sheppard 5416.
LCN: 14007710
Copies
Copy number: S-340(1)
Binding: Eighteenth-century French gold- and blind-tooled red morocco by P. Bozerian le jeune; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Gilt-edged leaves; blue silk bookmark.
Size: 246 × 178 × 32 mm.
Size of leaf: 234 × 161 mm.
Abbreviated running headings are supplied in a contemporary cursive Italian hand.
Provenance: Possibly Antoine Augustin Renouard (1765-1853); sale (1830), lot 1007: ‘Suetonii Vitae Caesarum, a rare edition, fine copy, red morocco (Ferrarae, sine anno)'; Payne and Foss; bill, no. 21. Purchased for £21. 0. 0; see Books Purchased (1830), 22.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O 5.36.
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