Bod-Inc: V-070
Vergilius, Polydorus
De inventoribus rerum.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.] ‘Polydori Vergilii Vrbinatis De Inuentoribus rerum libri tres.’
a1v Vergilius, Polydorus: ‘Praefatio' [addressed to] Ludovicus Odaxius. Polydore Vergil, On Discovery, ed. and trans. B. P. Copenhauer, I Tatti Renaissance Library, 6 (Cambridge Mass., 2002), 2-10.
a3v [Table.] ‘De inuentoribus rerum capita primi libri'. Incipit: ‘De prima deorum origine . . .’ expl: ignorantur Laus Deo
b1r Vergilius, Polydorus: De inuentoribus rerum. ‘De prima deorum origine et quod ueri dei nullum est exordium. Caput primum'. On Discovery, ed. Copenhauer, 26-490.
l9v [Apology for errata.] Incipit: ‘In indice capitum primi libri deest decimum nonum . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello, 31 Aug. 1499. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a6 b–k8 l10.
References
ISTC: iv00146000
Hain: H *16008;
Goff: Goff V‑146.
BMC: BMC V 473; XII 33;
Proctor: Pr 5250;
Others: BSB‑Ink V‑139; Sheppard 4326. Microfiche: Unit 24: Italian Humanism: Part I, IH 77.
LCN: 14695348
Copies
Copy number: V-070(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century red paper boards. Blue-edged leaves, now faded.
Size: 211 × 156 × 17 mm.
Size of leaf: 207 × 147 mm.
Provenance: Purchased from Thomas Thorpe, Catalogue (1830), no. 8968 for £0. 10. 6: see Library Bills (1829-32), no. 156, and Books Purchased (1830), 24, dated 1498.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q 5.42.
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