Beroaldus, Philippus: Oratio proverbiorum.
Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 17 Dec. 1499.
4to. a-c8 d4. [28] leaves (d4 blank).
Woodcut printer’s device on d3v.
ISTC ib00489000; GW 4142; Goff B489; BMC VI 845 (IA. 29101); Bod-inc B-227; CIBN B-350; BSB-Ink B-379.
| GIP number: | B34 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BD7-e.7 (see main library entry for this item ) |
| Provenance: | Edward Knight (fl. 1857-1874), bookseller, Islington, London: sold book to William Euing. William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: purchased from Knight 13 Nov. 1860 according to Euing’s pencil acquisition note and price code “13.11.60 G/ Kt” together with his inventory number “No. 829” on a1r; source confirmed in Euing’s acquisitions inventory (University of Glasgow Library, MS Euing 49). University of Glasgow: presented by Euing in 1872 according to University Library bookplate on front pastedown. |
| Binding: | Scotland, 19th-century brown calf; covers decorated with a border of double gold and double blind fillets, a small gold fleuron at each corner; gilt spine title; binder’s ticket “Bound by R. Nelson, Glasgow” on front pastedown; partial early title in ink on fore-edge indicating that this was once bound with another or other works. Size: 208 x 158 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 202 x 152 mm. |
| Annotations: | Underlining and one marginal note in an early hand on a3r. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the blank leaf d4. |
