Solinus, Gaius Julius: Polyhistor, sive De mirabilibus mundi.
Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1473.
4to. [1-78 812]. [68] leaves, 1, 4, and 68 blank.
ISTC is00615000; Goff S615; BMC V 173; Bod-inc S-243.
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Be.3.13 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: source unknown. University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “A.7.23”. |
| Binding: | France (?), 18th-century red morocco; covers decorated with a single gold-fillet border, a small gold ornament at each inner corner; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; green-edged leaves. Size: 280 x 192 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 274 x 182 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent “nota” marks, occasional underlining and on 4/8v (f.32v) a pointing hand; gatherings numbered "1"-"8" (numbers cropped). |
| Decoration: | On 1/5r a seven-line initial “C” is supplied in gold on a blue, crimson and green square ground embellished with a white vine decoration and white dots; other initials supplied in alternate blue and red throughout. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
