Burlaeus, Gualtherus: De vita et moribus philosophorum (short edition).
[Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, not after 1473]
Fol. [16 2-910 108]. [94] leaves, leaves 1 and 91-94 blank.
ISTC ib01319000; Goff B1319; BMC II 411; Bod-inc B-610; GW 5785.
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson An-y.5 (see main library entry for this item ) |
| Provenance: | Georg Franz Burkhard Kloss (1787-1854), physician, Frankfurt: Kloss’s reference to Panzer’s 'Annales' on front pastedown and a further bibliographical note, probably also by Kloss, on front fly leaf; lot 953 in 'Catalogue of the library of Dr. Kloss, of Franckfort a M. ...' (London: Sotheby, 1835) - confirmed in a pencil note by John Ferguson on front pastedown; evidence of a book-plate or book-label removed from front pastedown - probably that of Kloss. H.W.L (fl. 1866): initials on rear pastedown “H.W.L. Nov. 29. 1866” repeated on front pastedown and front fly leaf as “H.L. 11/66” James Elwin Millard (1823-1894), D.D., of Magdalen College, Oxford: bookplate on front pastedown. John Ferguson (1837-1916): source unknown; Ferguson’s acquisition date in pencil on free front endpaper “John Ferguson July 16 1883” together with his bibliographical notes on front pastedown. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | 19th-century calf; gilt bands on spine; red-edged leaves; beige silk bookmark. Size: 284 x 212 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 276 x 195 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent marginal annotations throughout in a 15th/16th-century hand (many washed out); occasional “nota” marks and pointing hands; bibliographical note on free front endpaper referring to Dibdin’s 'Bibliotheca Spenceriana'; price “5.5.0” in ink on free front endpaper; a bookseller’s catalogue slip (Thomas Arthur) pasted on to front pastedown, advertising a different edition of this work. |
| Decoration: | Some initials supplied in red up to 2/5v (f. 11v); capital strokes supplied in red throughout. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the first blank leaf and the last four blank leaves. |
