Abraham ibn Ezra: De luminaribus et diebus criticis.
[Padua: Matthaeus Cerdonis], 7 Feb. 1482/83.
4to. [16]. [6] leaves, the last blank.
ISTC ia00009100; Goff A6; GW 112.
| GIP number: | A2 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BD7-f.13 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Bound with: | The fourth of four incunabula bound together. Bound with: (1) Regiomontanus, Johannes, Kalendarium. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 9 Aug. 1482; (2) Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera mundi. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 6 July 1482; (3) Alchabitius, Libellus isagogicus. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 16 Jan. 1482. |
| Provenance: | Thomas Arthur (fl. 1856-1876), bookseller, London: sold book to William Euing. William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: purchased from Arthur 28 Sept. 1866 according to Euing’s pencil acquisition note with price on front pastedown “28 9 66 Arthur £1-11-6”; Euing’s pencil inventory number on [a1r] “No 3096”; 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: | 19th-century, varnished(?) paper-covered boards with watermark discernible of the sun with a human face (below which are the letters “A” and “C”?), brown calf spine. Size: 198 x 149 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 196 x 142 mm. |
| Annotations: | Marginal annotations throughout in a 16th-century hand; frequent “nota” marks and manicules. |
| Decoration: | Three-line initial “D” and three-line initial “A” on 1/1r supplied in brown ink; three-line initial “S” on 1/1v supplied in brown ink. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the final blank leaf. |
