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Simplicius: Hypomnemata in Aristotelis categorias [Greek].

Venice:  Zacharias Callierges, for Nicolaus Blastus, 26 Oct. 1499.
Fol.   A10 B-Υ8 Φ6.   [168] leaves.
Woodcut initials, woodcut border in red;  woodcut device of Blastus in red, of Callierges in black.
ISTC is00535000;  Goff S535;  BMC V 580, XII 42;  Bod-inc S-216.

The Greek date is rendered incorrectly as 27 Oct. in Goff and BMC.

Shelf-mark: Sp Coll Hunterian Bh.1.4 (see main library entry for this item)
Note: In some copies the heading, initial and border of A2r are printed in gold, in other copies (including this one) in red.
Provenance: Sir Ellis Cunliffe Bt. (1717-1767), merchant and M.P. for Liverpool:  armorial bookplate on front pastedown.
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.3.9”.
Binding: 18th-century speckled calf;  marbled endpapers;  sprinkled red-edged leaves;  rebacked in 20th century with minor repair to front cover, original title label preserved.   Size:  334 x 232 mm.
Leaf size: 328 x 223 mm.
Annotations: None.
Decoration: None.
Imperfections: None.

 

Printing in red in Simplicius: Hypomnemata in Aristotelis categorias [Greek]

More images from this book

  • Title-page of Simplicius: Hypomnemata in Aristotelis categorias [Greek]
  • Colophon of Simplicius: Hypomnemata in Aristotelis categorias [Greek]
  • Bookplate of Sir Ellis Cunliffe in Simplicius: Hypomnemata in Aristotelis categorias [Greek]
  • Binding of Simplicius: Hypomnemata in Aristotelis categorias [Greek]