Gafurius, Franchinus: Theorica musicae.
Naples: Francesco di Dino, 8 Oct. 1480.
4to. [14 2-158]. [116] leaves (2/1, 15/8 blank).
Woodcuts.
ISTC ig00005000; GW 10436; Goff G5; BMC VI 867 (IA. 29495a), XII 63 (IA 29495b); Bod-inc G-003; CIBN G-4.
| GIP number: | G2 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll E.c.38 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Note: | Bifolium 15/2 (f. 110) misbound between 15/6 (f. 114) and 15/7 (f. 115). |
| Provenance: | William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: source unknown; Euing’s inventory number “99” in pencil on front pastedown (repeated on biographical note tipped-in at front); Euing’s price code on rear pastedown “a/-”. Glasgow, Anderson’s College: Euing bequest, 1874; bookplate of Euing Musical Library, Anderson’s College, Glasgow, on front pastedown; University of Glasgow: ownership of Euing Musical Library transferred to University of Glasgow Library in 1936. |
| Binding: | 19th-century brown goatskin; covers decorated with a triple gold-fillet border; gold-tooled spine; gilt-edged leaves. Size: 208 x 140 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 206 x 136 mm. |
| Annotations: | Occasional nota marks; traces of an erased inscription on 2/1r (f. 5r); pencil number “E161” on rear pastedown; 19th-century biographical references to Gafurius tipped-in at front. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting 6/4 and 6/5 (ff. 40 and 41) and the blank leaf 15/8; one large wormhole throughout affecting text. |
