Isocrates: Orationes [Greek].

Edited by Demetrius Chalcondylas.

Milan:  Uldericus Scinzenzeler and Sebastianus de Ponte Tremulo, 24 Jan. 1493.
Fol.   α⁸ β⁸ γ⁸ δ¹⁰ A-L⁸ M-V⁶ Y⁶ AA-CC⁶.   [200] leaves (α1, β8, δ10 blank).
Woodcut printer's device.
ISTC ii00210000;  GW M15380;  Goff I210;  BMC VI 767 (IB. 26855; IB. 26856);  Bod-inc I-042;  CIBN I-88;  BSB-Ink I-646.

GIP number:	I7
Shelf-mark:	Sp Coll Hunterian Bg.3.1 (see main library entry for this item)
Variant:	The later setting of quire A: A1r, line 4: ‘... χο||ροῖς ...’ as BMC IB. 26855, not ‘... χοροῖς’ as IB. 26857;  in quire B, line 28 of B3r, begins ‘τὸν ...’ as IB. 26856,  not ‘τῶν ...’ as IB. 26857;  and B6v, line 32 begins ‘μηριδῶν ...’  as IB. 26856, not ‘όμηριδῶν ...’ as IB. 26857.  For notes on the variant settings of quire A and the outer forme of sheet B3, see BMC.
Provenance:	William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist:  source unknown. University of Glasgow:  Hunterian bequest 1807;  Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “As.2.6”.
Binding:	Italy, 15th/16th-century;  an ‘alla greca’ binding (cf. G.D. Hobson, Thirty bindings (London: 1926) plate II);  blind-tooled red goatskin over wooden boards with grooved edges, cut flush with the text-block - the fore-edge protruding slightly;  sewing is on four recessed bands giving a smooth, rounded back (endbands are raised);  three brass pegs (two at the fore-edge, one at the foot) remain on the edges of the front board and there is evidence of a now missing peg at the top edge;  one double-braided leather strap inserted at the foot of the rear board is all that remains of the fastenings;  covers decorated in blind with fillets, a roll, and two separate stamps to form a design of five concentric rectangles (the third and the outer rectangle mitred but undecorated);  spine decoration of lozenges formed by intersecting blind fillets, a spine title added at a later date;  endleaves have a crown imperial watermark (cf. Briquet, 4890-4902);  red-edged leaves.   Size:  295 x 205 mm.
Leaf size:	294 x 204 mm.
Annotations:	Occasional marginal annotations and corrections in Greek;  occasional nota marks and underlining;  pages numbered in ink “1” - “209” in an 17th-century(?) hand from γ1r to L7r (even numbers 2-22 omitted);  “Isocrates” written in ink on front pastedown.
Decoration:	None.
Imperfections:	None.