Henricus de Herpf: Speculum aureum decem praeceptorum Dei.
Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 10 Sept. 1474.
Fol. [112 2-1010 118 124 13-1610 174 18-2110 226 (22/5+χ1) 23-2610 276 28-3010 318 (31/1+χ1, 31/7+χ1) 32-3610 376 384 (38/3+χ1) 39-4210 43-448]. [408] leaves (1/1, 44/8 blank).
Woodcut printer’s device in red.
ISTC ih00039000; GW 12226; Goff H39; BMC I 30 (IB. 187); Bod-inc H-019; CIBN H-21; BSB-Ink H-218.
| GIP number: | H4 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bf.1.3 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Variants: | 1/2r, line 1: “... reqirit ...” as in Bod-inc, not “... requirit ...” as in BMC; 2/1r (f. 13r), col. 1, line 10: “... euidētiā ...” not “... euedētiā ...” as in Bod-inc, or “... euidentiā ...” as in Polain B-1864. |
| Note: | Printer's pin-holes visible. |
| Note: | Stubs showing after 22/1 (f. 199), after 31/1χ (f. 283) and before 31/8 (f. 291), after 38/1 (f. 348). |
| Provenance: | Mainz, Jesuits (founded 1559): on 44/7r (f. 407r) is an inscription scribbled over and barely legible “Liber Collegij Moguntinj Societatis Jesu”. Trier, North Rhine-Westphalia, Benedictines, S. Maria ad Martyres: inscription on 1/1r “Liber Monasterij B: Mariae Virginis ad SS: Martyres prope Treviros”. Louis Jean Gaignat (1697-1768), Secretary to King Louis XV: Gaignat sale, 1769; lot 341 in Guillaume de Bure, Bibliographie instructive: supplément ... ou catalogue des livres de feu M. L.J. Gaignat, 2 vols (Paris: 1769). William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the Gaignat sale through his agent, Jean-Baptiste Dessain, for 50 livres 1 sou; see Dessain-Hunter correspondence (University of Glasgow Library, MS Gen. 36, f. 24r). University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest, 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “Ag.6.9”. |
| Binding: | France, 18th-century blue goatskin; covers decorated with a triple gold-fillet border, a small gold fleuron at each corner; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves. Size: 341 x 242 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 332 x 227 mm. |
| Annotations: | Evidence of early numbering of quires in arabic numerals on first recto of each quire, starting at quire 2 and omitting the Tabula (quire 1); heavily erased (ownership?) inscription (unread under ultraviolet light) in lower margin of 1/2r. |
| Decoration: | Initials supplied in red throughout; underlining of chapter headings, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red throughout; printed marginal reference letters highlighted in red; running ‘sermo’ headings supplied in red; catchwords supplied in red on final verso of each quire. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the blank leaf 44/8. |
