Aristophanes: Comoediae novem [Greek].

Edited by Marcus Musurus, in part. With the Scholia.

Venice:  Aldus Manutius, Romanus, 15 July 1498.
Fol.   [*⁸] α-γ⁸ δ¹⁰ ε-ξ⁸ ο¹⁰ π-υ⁸ φ⁶ χ-ω⁸ A⁸ Β-Ε⁸ Ζ⁶ Η-Λ⁸ Μ⁴ Ν-Ο⁸ Π¹⁰ Ρ-Σ⁸ Τ⁶.   [348] leaves, 90 and 348 blank.   Gathering [*] numbered but not signed.
Woodcut initials and borders.
ISTC ia00958000; GW 2333; Goff A958; BMC V 559 (IB. 24470); Bod-inc A-383; CIBN A-503; BSB-Ink A-673; Ahmanson-Murphy 25

Two copies held by the University of Glasgow.

Copy 1

GIP number:	A80/1
Shelf-mark:	Sp Coll Bh20-a.13 (see main library entry for this item)
Variants (as recorded in CIBN A-503):	(1) [*3] not numbered;  (2) θ8r, final two lines of text:  variant A;  (3) κ5r, ending of final scholium:  variant A;  (4) ο2v, catchword:  variant A;  (5) Ζ3r, line 40 of scholium:  variant B;  (6) Σ2r, ending of final scholium:  variant A.
Provenance:	George Buchanan, Scottish humanist poet and historian (1506-1582):  inscription on [*1r] “Ex libris co[m]munis bibliothecæ Collegij Glasguenſis ex dono Georgij Buchananj”;  donated 1578 - see Cosmo Innes, ed., 'Munimenta alme Universitatis Glasguensis', (Glasgow:  1854) vol. 3, p. 407. University of Glasgow:  shelfmark “AK f2 n2” on [*1r] matching entry in 'Catalogus librorum Bibliothecae Universitatis Glasguensis anno 1691' (University of Glasgow Library, MS Gen. 1313);  shelfmark “E.6.19” on University Library bookplate matching entry in A. Arthur, 'Catalogus impressorum librorum in Bibliotheca Universitatis Glasguensis', (Glasguae:  1791).
Binding:	Scotland, 20th-century red goatskin;  spine lettered in gold;  edges slightly trimmed and treated with red and gold;  new end leaves;  rebound by Ernest Riley with his binder’s note, dated 15 Dec. 1967, loosely inserted at end;  previous binding unrecorded;  housed in a red buckram-covered slip case.   Size:  313 x 220 mm.
Leaf size:	301 x 202 mm.
Annotations:	None.
Decoration:	None.
Imperfections:	None.

Copy 2

GIP number:	A80/2
Shelf-mark:	Sp Coll Hunterian Bh.2.15 (see main library entry for this item)
Variants (as recorded in CIBN A-503):	(1) [*3] not numbered;  (2) θ8r, final two lines of text:  variant A;  (3) κ5r, ending of final scholium:  variant A;  (4) ο2v, catchword:  variant B;  (5) Ζ3r, line 40 of scholium:  variant B;  (6) Σ2r, ending of final scholium:  variant A.
Provenance:	Unidentified Cambridge graduate (17th century):  partially deleted inscription on [*1r] “[...] 1614 Coll. Eman. 1661 Aul Clar Cantab”. William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist:  source unknown. University of Glasgow:  Hunterian bequest 1807;  Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “Av.1.8”.
Binding:	England, 18th-century diced russia, covers decorated with a double gold-fillet border;  gold-tooled spine;  marbled endpapers.   Size:  328 x 218 mm.
Leaf size:	320 x 210 mm.
Annotations:	Frequent “nota” marks in the form of a marginal “X” in a 17th/18th-century hand in four plays (Wealth, The Clouds, The Acharnians, The Birds);  unread annotation in a 17th-century hand (heavily scored through) at top margin of [*1r];  partially scored through annotation in a 17th-century hand at lower margin of [*1r] “[...] in Agro North[am]p[tonien]si”;  extract copied from Dibdin’s 'Introduction to the classics', vol. 1, p. 173, tipped-in at front.
Decoration:	None.
Imperfections:	Wanting the blank leaf Τ6.