Brunus Aretinus, Leonardus: Historiae Florentini populi [Italian].
Translated by Donatus Acciaiuolus.
Venice: Jacobus Rubeus, 12 Feb. 1476.
Fol. a-k10 kk6 l-p10 q12 r-x10. [218] leaves, the first blank.
ISTC ib01247000; Goff B1247; BMC V 215; Bod-inc B-575; GW 5612.
Two copies held by the University of Glasgow.
Copy 1
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Be.2.8 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Bound with: | The first of two incunabula bound together. Bound with: Poggius Florentinus, Historia Florentina [Italian]. Venice: Jacobus Rubeus, 8 Mar. 1476. |
| Note: | Printer's pin-holes visible. |
| Provenance: | Louis-Léon-Félicité, duc de Brancas de Lauraguais (1733-1824): lot 667 in Guillaume de Bure, 'Catalogue d’une collection de livres choisis, provenans du cabinet de M***' (Paris: 1770). William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the Brancas de Lauraguais sale through his agent, Peter Molini, for 50 livres 19 sous; see Molini’s bill to Hunter (University of Glasgow Library, Hunter Papers H214). University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “T.4.3”. |
| Binding: | France, 18th-century red morocco decorated with triple gold fillets, a small gold fleuron at each corner; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves; turquoise silk bookmark. Size: 328 x 240 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 320 x 228 mm. |
| Annotations: | None. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
Copy 2
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bh.1.2 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Bound with: | The first of two incunabula bound together. Bound with: Poggius Florentinus, Historia Florentina [Italian]. Venice: Jacobus Rubeus, 8 Mar. 1476. |
| Note: | Printer's pin-holes visible. |
| 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 “Az.1.1”. |
| Binding: | England, 18th-century calf; gold-tooled spine; sprinkled red-edged leaves; front free endpaper and flyleaf have watermark of a fleur-de-lys and countermark “IV”. Size: 329 x 221 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 320 x 215 mm. |
| Annotations: | Three pointing hands; foliated in an early hand “1”-“100”, “CI”-“CXXXX”, “141”-“217” (several leaf numbers at the beginning cropped by binder) - this foliation continued in the second item in the volume; ink shelfmark(?) “N..i”. on front pastedown. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the blank a1. |
