Canis, Johannes Jacobus: De tabellionibus.
Padua: Matthaeus Cerdonis, 15 Mar. 1482.
4to. [1-68 76]. 54 leaves (leaf 54 misnumbered '5i').
ISTC ic00101000; Goff C101; GW 5978.
| GIP number: | C17 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Mu16-d.43 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), 10th Bt.: Syston Park armorial bookplate (Franks 29398) and book label engraved with the initials “JHT” on front pastedown; lot 399 in 'The Syston Park Library: catalogue of an important portion of the … library of the late Sir John Hayford Thorold ...' (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1884); sold to Ridler for £1.1.0 according to the British Library annotated catalogue of the sale catalogue. William Ridler (fl. 1877-1904), bookseller, London. David Murray (1842-1928), Glasgow lawyer, antiquary and bibliographer: bookplate on front free endpaper; Murray’s notes on author and printer on front flyleaf. University of Glasgow: Murray library donation, 1927. |
| Binding: | England, 19th-century gold and blind-tooled red sheep; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves; blue silk bookmark; many of the 19th-century flyleaves at the end have the watermark initials “RW & HN”. Size: 213 x 165 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 206 x 155 mm. |
| Annotations: | Numerous 15th/16th-century marginal notes; occasional “nota” marks and one manicule; price "£1.18.0" and number "310" in pencil on front free endpaper. |
| Decoration: | Initials and paragraph marks supplied in red or blue throughout. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
