Columna, Guido de: Historia destructionis Troiae.
[Deventer: Richardus Pafraet, between 1480 and 1485]
Fol. a-k8 l6 m-n8. [102] leaves, the first and last blank.
ISTC ic00769000; Goff C769; BMC IX 47; GW 7226.
Dated in HPT. Polain dates ca. 1481, and Goff ca. 1480.
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Bm1-e.8 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Bound with: | The second of two incunabula bound together. Bound with: Gesta Romanorum. [Strassburg: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger], 15 Jan. 1488. The two works were certainly bound together by 1691 since both titles are specified in the entry in 'Catalogus librorum Bibliothecae Universitatis Glasguensis anno 1691' – see Provenance. |
| Provenance: | Henricus Molitor (15th/16th century), possible owner: signature on a1r of first item in volume “Hinric[us] molitoris” and on n8v “Hinricus molitoris”. University of Glasgow: shelfmark “AA. f:4: n:17” on a1r of first item in volume matching entry in 'Catalogus librorum Bibliothecae Universitatis Glasguensis anno 1691' (University of Glasgow Library, MS Gen. 1313); inscription on a1r of first item in volume “Ex Libris Bibliothecæ Universitatis Glasguensis empt: publicis sumptibus Academiæ 1691” followed by signature “Will: Dunlop princ[ipa]ll”; shelfmark “CS.1.13” on University Library bookplate matching entry in A. Arthur, 'Catalogus impressorum librorum in Bibliotheca Universitatis Glasguensis', (Glasguae: 1791). |
| Binding: | Scotland, 20th-century half black morocco, blue cloth sides; sprinkled red-edged leaves; gilt spine title and oval gilt stamp of Glasgow College Library at foot of spine; modern pastedowns; no surviving evidence of earlier binding; tear indicating now lost tab on a2r. Size: 283 x 205 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 276 x 202 mm. |
| Annotations: | Copious marginal annotations in a 16th-century hand on a1v-a6r; occasional annotations in a different 16th-century hand elsewhere; heavy “nota” marks in some sections in charcoal(?) with considerable offsetting onto facing page; number “2” on lower margin of a1r; title “Hiſtoria troyana” in red on upper margin of a1r. |
| Decoration: | Initials supplied in red throughout, some with pen-work decoration; capital strokes in red; chapter headings underlined in red. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
