Justinus, Marcus Junianus: Epitomae in Trogi Pompeii historias.
Edited by Philippus Beroaldus. Revised by Justinianus Romanus. Add: Lucius Annaeus Florus: Epitomae.
[Venice: Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis and Albertinus Vercellensis, after 1489-90]
Fol. a8 b-l6. [68] leaves (a1 blank).
ISTC ij00618500; GW M15648; Goff J621; BMC V 420 (IB. 23115); CIBN J-341; BSB-Ink I-670; Polain(B) 2390.
CIBN and IGI assign to Johannes Rubeus and Albertinus Vercellensis; IGI VI, Goff, BMC and other authorities assign to Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis alone. IGI VI dates ca. 1498.
Two copies held by the University of Glasgow
Copy 1
| GIP number: | J35/1 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Dr.2.11 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Variants: | a2r, line 22: “... POMPEII TROGI ...” not as Polain “... TROGI POMPEII ...”; l5v, line 4 of colophon: “... ille Trogi.” not as in Polain “... iste Trogi.”. |
| Bound with: | The second of three incunabula bound together. Bound with: (1) Gellius, Aulus, Noctes Atticae. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 6 Apr. 1496 (G18); (3) Cicero, Marcus Tullius, De natura deorum. Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 18 Sept. 1496 (C43). |
| Provenance: | Thomas Brigges (fl. 1560): inscription on A1r of first item in volume “Liber Thomae Brigges generosi bonarumq[ue] literarum professoris optimi 1560”. John Angell (16th/17th century): inscription on A1r of first item in volume “Jo: Angell”. Sir William Boothby (1638?-1707), 2nd Bart., of Broadlow Ash: on front cover a crest (a lion’s foot erased erect) with legend “Sr. WILLIAM BOOTHBY. KNt. AND BARt. OF ASHBURNE HALL” - see https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamps/IBOO003_s4 William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: source unknown. University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “Ah.1.11”. |
| Binding: | England (Cambridge?), 16th-century blind-tooled calf over wooden boards; both covers have a centre panel formed by an intersecting floral roll bordered by fillets; the panel is divided by intersecting fillets into lozenge and triangular-shaped compartments, the former decorated with either a lozenge-shaped floral stamp or a stamp of a shield bearing the binder’s monogram ‘W G’; see G.D. Hobson, Bindings in Cambridge libraries (Cambridge: 1929), pl. XV, nos. 33, 35, and pp. 46-48 and J.B. Oldham, English blind-stamped bindings (Cambridge: 1952), pl. X, nos 20, 24, and pp. 16-17; remains of two clasps; crest of Sir William Boothby added in blind to front cover - see Provenance; rebacked and given new endpapers; original endpapers and spine covering unrecorded. Size: 326 x 217 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 312 x 210 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent marginal annotations and occasional corrections in a 17th-century hand in books I-VI of the Justinus (with a few annotations in an earlier hand); the addition of chapter numbers and page or leaf references in the Florus, together with frequent interlinear textual corrections in a 17th-century hand, suggests the text has been collated with a later edition. |
| Decoration: | Capitals of headings on a2r faintly washed in red; many initials supplied in brown ink. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
Copy 2
| GIP number: | J35/2 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bg.3.2 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Variant: | a2r, line 22: “... POMPEII TROGI ...” not as Polain “... TROGI POMPEII ...”; l5v, line 4 of colophon: “... ille Trogi.” not as in Polain “... iste Trogi.”. |
| Note: | Inserted at the front in place of the missing blank (a1) is a fabricated title-page (18th century?) with an engraved foliate border and a manuscript title; pasted onto the title-page is an unidentified, hand-coloured coat of arms. |
| Provenance: | Unidentified owner: unidentified coat of arms pasted onto inserted title-page - a shield azure, a fess(?) or between three roses or, a ‘basket’ helm, crest of two eagle’s wings. Robert Hoblyn (1710-1756), politician: Bibliotheca Hoblyniana ... (Londini: 1769) p. 364; Hoblyn sale, 2 Mar. 1778 onwards; lot 4007 in Bibliotheca Hoblyniana ... (London: Baker & Leigh, 1778); with Hoblyn’s acquisition note “3s 3d (α) 1744/5 St” written in ink on inside of front cover; evidence of a shelfmark in ink on inside of front cover (probably Hoblyn’s but now largely obscured by the Hunterian bookplate). William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the Hoblyn sale along with lot 4008 (“Justini Historia, compact. in corio turcico, Venet. per Phillip. Condom Petre, 1479”, J34) for £1.13.0 according to the annotated British Library copy of the Hoblyn sale catalogue - shelfmark S.C.S. 11(4). University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on inner front cover, with former shelfmark “Au.4.1”. |
| Binding: | 17th-century limp parchment; without pastedowns; spine title in ink; front and rear flyleaves have watermark of three circles arranged vertically and surmounted by a three-pointed crown - the top circle contains a cross fleury, the lower two circles are empty, and from the bottom circle there is suspended a flower (or branch of three leaves?). Size: 293 x 216 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 289 x 212 mm. |
| Annotations: | Marginal annotations in a humanist hand (mainly extracting keywords) on a2r and a2v; the number “15” in ink in a later hand on a2r. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the blank leaf a1. |
