Pius II, Pont: Max De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia [Italian].

Translated by Alessandro Braccio.

[Florence: Bartolommeo di Libri, ca. 1495]
4to. a-g8 h4. [60] leaves.
ISTC ip00689800; GW M3356850.

GW (the only recorded copy): 25-27 lines; printed in de Libri, type 2:115R, with occasional use of 3:114G.

Shelf-mark: Sp Coll Hunterian Bw.3.33 (see main library entry for this item)
Provenance: Provenance: Antoine Benjamin Morin d’Hérouville, Danish Consul General at Naples from 1766 to 1771: lot 1578 “sine anno vel loco” in 'A catalogue of the large and curious library, collected chiefly in Italy, by the late A.B. Morin d’Herouville ...' (London: Leigh & Sotheby, 1780).
William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the Morin d’ Hérouville sale for £0.3.0 according to the annotated BL copy of the sale catalogue - shelfmark S.C.S. 13(3).
University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “O.7.3”.
Binding: Italy, 18th-century vellum;  gilt spine title;  sprinkled red and brown-edged leaves;  turquoise silk bookmark.   Size:  212 x 144 mm.
Leaf size: 205 x 139 mm.
Annotations: Several brief marginal annotations in Italian in a 16th/17th-century hand in gatherings a-c, mainly extracting keywords.
Decoration: None. 
Imperfections: None.
Digital version: Available via Flickr.

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