Josephus, Flavius: De bello Judaico.

Translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis.   Edited by Bartholomaeus Platina.

Rome:  Arnoldus Pannartz, 25 Nov. 1475.
Fol.  [1-3¹⁰ 4⁸ 5-6¹⁰ 7⁸ 8-11¹⁰ 12-13⁶ 14-15¹⁰ 16⁸ 17-19¹⁰].   [176] leaves.
ISTC ij00488000;  GW M15182;  Goff J488;  BMC IV 62 (IB. 17924);  Bod-inc J-224;  CIBN J-312;  BSB-Ink I-620.

Two copies listed in Glasgow Incunabula Project; copy 1 held by University of Glasgow Library and copy 2 held by the Mitchell Library

Copy 1

GIP number:	J30
Shelf-mark:	Sp Coll Hunterian Bf.1.11 (see main library entry for this item)
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 “Ak.3.3”.
Binding:	18th-century diced brown calf;  covers decorated with a double gold-tooled border formed by two sets of triple fillets and two decorative rolls, both of which include a fleur-de-lys;  gold-tooled spine;  marbled endpapers;  gilt-edged leaves.   Size:  334 x 240 mm.
Leaf size:	323 x 225 mm.
Annotations:	Evidence of running book numbers, marginal annotations, and underlining, all so heavily washed as to be almost illegible.
Decoration:	Seven-line initial “Q” on 1/1r supplied in red, the colour almost completely washed out.
Imperfections:	None.

Copy 2

Accession number:	167524
Provenance:	Frater Laurentius Fornarus (fl. early 17th century), of Milan:  inscription “Ex libris f[rat]ris Laurentij Fornari Pro Conuentu Mediolani” on 1/1r. William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow:  owner;  source unknown. Stirling’s Public Library (now part of the Mitchell Library), Glasgow:  bookplate on front pastedown inscribed “A Donation from William Euing Esq 1870”.
Binding:	Scotland, 20th-century blind-tooled dark brown calf;  “Bound by Dunn & Wilson” stamped in gilt on turn-in of rear cover;  new endpapers (originals not preserved or recorded).   Size: 296 x 195 mm.
Leaf size:	285 x 186 mm.
Annotations:	Frequent marginal annotations (cropped by binder) in humanist hands;  very occasional manicules and underlining;  foliated “i-i5” from 1/1-2/5;  two numbers “22: 16” and “i0:” in ink in a 16th-century hand on 19/10v (f. 176v).
Decoration:	On 1/1r a seven-line initial “Q” is supplied in red and embellished with floral decoration in blue and brown pen-work extending into the inner margin;  smaller decorative initials supplied at the beginning of each of the seven books (except for book 5, which is left blank).
Imperfections:	None.