Leo I, Pont. Max: Sermones [Italian].
Translated by Filippo Corsini. Add: Johannes Andreas de Bussis, bishop of Aleria: Letter to Pope Paulus II; Marsilius Ficinus: Preface.
Florence: [Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini], 21 May 1485.
Fol. [14 2-218 2210]. [4], I-CLXVIII, [2] leaves, the last blank.
ISTC il00136000; Goff L136; BMC VI 638; Bod-inc L-070.
Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BD9-e.1 (see main library entry for this item) |
Provenance: | Unidentified book stamps: two oval books stamps on 1/1r - one with the number “N. 988” written below, but both so heavily inked and smudged as to be illegible. William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: source unknown; an early Euing inventory number “7” in pencil on front pastedown. University of Glasgow: presented by Euing in 1872 according to one of two University Library bookplates on front pastedown. |
Binding: | Italy, 18th-century vellum, gilt bands on spine together with gold-tooled black leather title label (“S. LIONE SERMONI”) and remains of a red leather date label at foot of spine. Size: 270 mm x 200 mm. |
Leaf size: | 263 x 194 mm. |
Annotations: | Partially deciphered 16th/17th-century ownership(?) inscription on 1/1r “[...] regal[en]sis(?)”; 19th-century price in pencil on front pastedown “4/4/0” together with a price code “u/ge/-”; word in pencil beginning “Caſsan[...]” on front pastedown - the ending obscured by University Library bookplate; 19th-century pencil price code on rear pastedown “e/”. |
Decoration: | Many initials supplied in brown pen and ink - more frequently in the first section of the book. |
Imperfections: | None. |