Facetus.
Liber Faceti docens mores hominum.
Paris: Nicole de la Barre, [ca. 1495-97]
4to. A6. [6] leaves.
Woodcut on A2r and woodcut printer’s device on A1r.
ISTC if00034900; GW 9673.
Unique copy: see below for full digital version.
| GIP number: | F1 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BD2-f.20 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Bound with: | The second of four items bound together. Bound with: (1) Scopesus, Bartholomaeus, De arte punctuandi dialogus. [Paris]: Antoine Denidel, [between 1498 and 7 Sept. 1499] (S18); (3) Persius Flaccus, Aulus, Satyrae. Paris: Josse Bade for Jean Petit, 24 Apr. 1505 (Renouard, 'Imprimeurs & librairies parisiens du XVIe siècle', vol.2, no. 40); (4) Baptista Mantuanus, Bucolica seu adolescentia. Paris: Jean Barbier for Denis Roce, 15 Jan. 1505/06 (Renouard, 'Imprimeurs & librairies parisiens du XVIe siècle', vol.3, no.87). |
| Provenance: | Probably sharing the same early provenances as the first item in this volume: Scopesus, Bartholomaeus, De arte punctuandi dialogus. [Paris]: Antoine Denidel, [between 1497 and 7 Sept. 1499]. J(?) W (19th century): on front free endpaper monogram “J(?) W 1835”. Wilson (19th century): on rear pastedown “p/n Wilsons Sale 1835”. Edward Knight (fl. 1857-1874), bookseller, Islington, London: sold book to William Euing. William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: purchased from Knight 3 Mar. 1866 according to Euing’s pencil acquisition note with price code on front free endpaper “3 3 66 Knt ad/-”; Euing’s pencil acquisition number “No 2604” on a1r; source confirmed in Euing’s acquisitions inventory (University of Glasgow Library, MS Euing 49). University of Glasgow: Euing bequest 1874. |
| Binding: | 18th-century calf; gold-tooled spine with red leather title label “PERSIUS &”; red-edged leaves. Size: 201 x 139 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 194 x 130 mm. |
| Annotations: | 16th-century marginal annotations in faded red ink, with occasional lines highlighted in faded red ink. |
| Decoration: | Some capitals washed in red (faded). |
| Imperfections: | None. |
| Digital version: | Available via Flickr. |
