Lilius, Zacharias: Orbis breviarium.
Florence: Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini, 5 June 1493.
4to. a4 b-q8 r6. [130] leaves.
Woodcut border; woodcut map printed in red, with type-set inscriptions; woodcut printer's device.
ISTC il00218000; GW M18351; Goff L218; BMC VI 642 (IA. 27207a); Bod-inc L-108; CIBN L-171; BSB-Ink L-176.
Two copies held by the University of Glasgow.
Copy 1
| GIP number: | L24/1 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bw.3.4 (see main library entry for this item ) |
| Variant: | a1r, line 4: “... PA||TRIQ.” as in Bod-inc, not as BMC “... PAT||TRIQ.” With the woodcut device as BMC's first copy. |
| Provenance: | Ebenezer Brown (d. 1828), M.D., Inspector General of Hospitals: source unknown; presented to the Hunterian Library, March 1852 (see University of Glasgow Library, Museum records, MR37/14, 15) by Miss Marjory Ettles of Stirling from the library of her late brother-in-law, Dr Ebenezer Brown, a matriculated student in the Greek Class at Glasgow University in 1786 (see James Coutts, A history of the University of Glasgow from its foundation in 1451 to 1909, pp. 404-5; W. Innes Addison, The matriculation albums of the University of Glasgow from 1728 to 1858, no. 4573). Marjory Ettles (fl. 1852) of Stirling: see above. University of Glasgow: presented in 1852 (see above); Hunterian Museum bookplate, with former shelfmark “E.2.15” (a later addition to the Hunterian Library with no connection to William Hunter’s original collection). |
| Binding: | 18th-century(?) parchment, manuscript title on spine; modern wove paper pastedowns; author’s name in ink on lower edge of text block. Size: 214 x 147 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 208 x 143 mm. |
| Annotations: | Occasional 16th-century marginal annotations - one on c1v dated “1565 die 24 feb.” and another on e2r dated “1566 Die .v. Aprilis”; annotation after printer’s device on r6v in Italian dated “marzo 1566”; foliated in ink in an early hand I-VI, 7-127 (the final three leaves - containing a list of cities - not foliated); pen-and-ink heraldic additions made to the blank shield which forms part of the woodcut border on a3v. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | a1-4 heavily wormed, with loss of text; crude repairs to a1. |
Copy 2
| GIP number: | L24/2 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BC18-a.2 (see main library entry for this item ) |
| Variant: | a1r, line 4: “... PA||TRIQ.” as in Bod-inc, not as BMC “... PAT||TRIQ.” With the woodcut device as BMC's first copy. |
| Provenance: | Marshall (19th century): see below. Richard Heber (1774-1833), book collector: without Heber’s book-stamp, but with an inscription including price "1808 Marshall, Lib at Stewart - s4 -" on front free endpaper in a hand resembling Heber’s; sale (part 7, 1835), possibly the second item "Zachariae Lilii Orbis Breviarium, s.a." in lot 3569. Sir William Hamilton (1788-1856), Professor of Logic and Metaphysics, Edinburgh University: source unknown. |
| Binding: | 17th-century(?) parchment with fore-edge cover extensions; red-edged leaves; manuscript title on spine with date “Saec. XV.” and, added later, “1593” [sic]. Size 202 x 138 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 197 x 136 mm. |
| Annotations: | Single marginal annotation in an early hand on p7v; inventory or sale number “N. 1096” at top outer corner of front pastedown. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
