Ficinus, Marsilius: Epistolae.
Venice: Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca), for Hieronymus Blondus, 11 Mar. 1495.
Fol. AA6 a-r8 s4 t-z8 &8 ↄ10. [6], I-CLXXXXVII, [1] leaves.
Woodcut initials; woodcut borders; woodcut devices.
ISTC if00154000; GW 9873; Goff F154; BMC V 486 (IB. 22768); Bod-inc F-042; CIBN F-70; BSB-Ink F-119.
| GIP number: | F10 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bh.1.24 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Variants: | AA1r: title and woodcut device of Blondus are in this copy printed in red; ↄ9v, final two lines: “Finis Duodeeimi & Vltimi Libri Epiſtolariū Familiariū Mariſilii Ficini Flo-||rentini Deo Gratias. Amen.” (see GW Anm. 1). |
| Provenance: | Unidentified owner: roughly drawn coat of arms depicting a tree (with an unidentified symbol at each side) added in pen-and-ink to the blank shields in the woodcut borders on AA1v and AA6v. William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: source unknown. University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmarks “Am.3.20” and “Bq.2.12”. |
| Binding: | 18th-century speckled calf, rebacked in 19th/20th century. Size: 322 x 218 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 313 x 214 mm. |
| Annotations: | Very occasional marginal annotations (mainly extracting keywords) and underlining in a humanist hand; 18th-century price in pencil “12-6” on AA1r. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
