Tibullus, Albius: Elegiae.
Add: Catullus: Carmina. Propertius: Elegiae.
Reggio Emilia: Albertus de Mazalibus and Prosper Odoardus, [13 Sept.?] 1481.
Fol. a-c8 d2 e8 f6 g-i8 K6 l-n8 o-p6. [106] leaves, the last blank.
“The colophon reads 'i9 Kl'. octo.', standing either for 19 Oct. or 13 Sept. (= Ides)” - ISTC.
ISTC it00367000; GW M47017; Goff T367; BMC VII 1087 (IB. 34021); Bod-inc T-207; CIBN T-275; BSB-Ink T-346
| GIP number: | T28 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bx.2.8 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Anonymous auction sale: lot 976 in 'A catalogue of a scarce collection of books, in English, French and Italian, being part of a well known library' (London: Baker & Leigh, 29 April [1771?]). William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the above anonymous auction sale for £3.13.6 according to the annotated BL copy of the sale catalogue - shelfmark S.C.S. 12(2). University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest, 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “B.8.21”. |
| Binding: | 18th-century red goatskin decorated with triple gold fillets, a small gold fleuron at each corner; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves; green silk bookmark. Size: 298 x 202 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 291 x 194 mm. |
| Annotations: | Lengthy marginal note on a2r but so washed out as to be illegible even under ultraviolet lamp; inventory or catalogue number “1260” written in black ink on verso of free front endpaper. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the blank leaf p6. |
