Gafurius, Franchinus: Practica musicae.
Milan: Guillermus Le Signerre, for Johannes Petrus de Lomatio, 30 Sept. 1496.
Fol. Γ4 a-b8 c6 aa-kk8 ll6. [112] leaves (ll6 blank).
Woodcuts; woodcut initials and borders.
ISTC ig00003000; GW 10434; Goff G3; BMC VI 789 (IB. 26883a), XII 56; Bod-inc G-002; CIBN G-2.
| GIP number: | G1 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll E.x.59 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: source unknown; Euing’s pencil inventory number “No 732” on front pastedown (repeated on verso of front free endpaper), together with his date of acquisition “6-58”, a price code “t/mk/-” and a few unread words, which probably also relate to his purchase; Euing’s gilt crest on front cover (see Binding). Glasgow, Anderson’s College: Euing bequest, 1874; bookplate of Euing Musical Library, Anderson’s College, Glasgow, on front pastedown. University of Glasgow: ownership of Euing Musical Library transferred to University of Glasgow Library in 1936. |
| Binding: | 18th-century parchment; traces of now lost spine labels; William Euing’s gilt crest and motto “Audaciter” added in 19th century to front cover, with a gilt floral ornament at each corner; front and rear free endpapers have watermark "VV" or “W”. Size: 268 x 195 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 263 x 190 mm. |
| Annotations: | Ownership(?) annotation on a3r erased. The first page of each of the four books (a1r, aa1r, cc6r, ee6r) is surrounded by a woodcut border which includes a blank wreathed shield in the foot-piece; in books I-III the shields have been filled in by hand but their contents later erased, whilst the shield on ee6r has been left blank. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
