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mei/00203968 Auct. L 2.13. [00203968]

Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB) : Auct. L 2.13.

ISTC No.iv00023000
AuthorValerius Maximus, Gaius
TitleFacta et dicta memorabilia
ImprintMainz : Peter Schoeffer, 14 June 1471
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordsliterature
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id00203968
Holding InstitutionOxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
ShelfmarkAuct. L 2.13.
NoteBodInc-Id: V-007(1)
Copy HistoryImported from Bod-inc. Edited by Nuria Cangros i Alonso.
Size of leaves286 × 196 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - Note'Vendu sur velin chez M. D[uc] L[a] V[alliere] 1500 . . . 600' in brown ink on verso of the front endleaf; in the catalogue however the copy is described as ‘m. bl. Superb exemplaire imprime sur velin’, therefore it is probably not the Bodleian copy. The notes '6a' in brown ink on verso of the front endleaf. The pencilled number ‘300' in lower left-hand corner of verso of the front endleaf.
Support material (book)Paper
Other Identifiertiv00023000 (TextInc)

Provenance 1472 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1472 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, Germany, 1472-1500 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteOn [a1r] a six-line German initial ‘U' is supplied in interlocked red and brown ink with reserved white decoration. Similar initials are supplied at the beginning of each book of Valerius Maximus. Elsewhere one- to three-line initials are supplied in red or green ink, paragraph marks and underlining in red, and capital strokes in yellow.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteSee Decoration note.
Manuscript notesOccasional marginal notes in a German contemporary hand, supplying 'nota' marks.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes

Provenance 1500 - 1770

PlaceMetz (Geonames ID: 2994160)
Areae-fr
Time period1500 - 1770
Provenance nameMetz (France), Celestines, Sainte-Marie, O.S.B.Cel., 1370-1774 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on [a1r]: 'deae(?) Celestinorum de Metae H.85'.
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes

Provenance 1733 - 1770

PlaceVersailles (Geonames ID: 2969679)
Areae-fr
Time period1733 - 1770
Provenance nameBrancas de Lauraguais, Louis-Léon-Félicité, duc de, 1733 - 1824 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
NoteArmorial book-plate: azure on a pale, three towers, between four lions' paws affronté issuant from the flanks of the shield; surmounted by a coronet; in the corners the initials 'B. C. D. L'; see sale (1770), lot 771(?).
Binding noteEighteenth-century green morocco, the spine gold-tooled. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Gilt-edged leaves; marbled pastedowns; red silk bookmark.
Binding Dimensions297 × 214 × 45 mm

Provenance 1789 - 1789

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1789 - 1789
Provenance nameWhite, [ ], 1789 [Person; Bookseller] (Booktrade) Floruit
Provenance TypeInscription
Note'White May 1789 £26.5' in red ink on verso of the front endleaf.
Date of evidence1789

Provenance 1790 -

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk
Time period1790 -
Provenance nameOxford, Bodleian library, 1602 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Documentary Evidence
NotePurchased for £15. 15. 0; see Books Purchased (1790), 8.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteSee above Provenance 'Brancas de Lauraguais, Louis-Léon-Félicité, duc de, 1733-1824', Binding note.

Other Information

Last Edit2020-02-10 11:44:35

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  00203968

Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB) : Auct. L 2.13.

ISTC No.iv00023000
AuthorValerius Maximus, Gaius
TitleFacta et dicta memorabilia
ImprintMainz : Peter Schoeffer, 14 June 1471
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordsliterature
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id00203968
Holding InstitutionOxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
ShelfmarkAuct. L 2.13.
NoteBodInc-Id: V-007(1)
Copy HistoryImported from Bod-inc. Edited by Nuria Cangros i Alonso.
Size of leaves286 × 196 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - Note'Vendu sur velin chez M. D[uc] L[a] V[alliere] 1500 . . . 600' in brown ink on verso of the front endleaf; in the catalogue however the copy is described as ‘m. bl. Superb exemplaire imprime sur velin’, therefore it is probably not the Bodleian copy. The notes '6a' in brown ink on verso of the front endleaf. The pencilled number ‘300' in lower left-hand corner of verso of the front endleaf.
Support material (book)Paper
Other Identifiertiv00023000 (TextInc)

Provenance 1472 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1472 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, Germany, 1472-1500 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteOn [a1r] a six-line German initial ‘U' is supplied in interlocked red and brown ink with reserved white decoration. Similar initials are supplied at the beginning of each book of Valerius Maximus. Elsewhere one- to three-line initials are supplied in red or green ink, paragraph marks and underlining in red, and capital strokes in yellow.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteSee Decoration note.
Manuscript notesOccasional marginal notes in a German contemporary hand, supplying 'nota' marks.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes

Provenance 1500 - 1770

PlaceMetz (Geonames ID: 2994160)
Areae-fr
Time period1500 - 1770
Provenance nameMetz (France), Celestines, Sainte-Marie, O.S.B.Cel., 1370-1774 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on [a1r]: 'deae(?) Celestinorum de Metae H.85'.
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes

Provenance 1733 - 1770

PlaceVersailles (Geonames ID: 2969679)
Areae-fr
Time period1733 - 1770
Provenance nameBrancas de Lauraguais, Louis-Léon-Félicité, duc de, 1733 - 1824 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
NoteArmorial book-plate: azure on a pale, three towers, between four lions' paws affronté issuant from the flanks of the shield; surmounted by a coronet; in the corners the initials 'B. C. D. L'; see sale (1770), lot 771(?).
Binding noteEighteenth-century green morocco, the spine gold-tooled. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Gilt-edged leaves; marbled pastedowns; red silk bookmark.
Binding Dimensions297 × 214 × 45 mm

Provenance 1789 - 1789

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1789 - 1789
Provenance nameWhite, [ ], 1789 [Person; Bookseller] (Booktrade) Floruit
Provenance TypeInscription
Note'White May 1789 £26.5' in red ink on verso of the front endleaf.
Date of evidence1789

Provenance 1790 -

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk
Time period1790 -
Provenance nameOxford, Bodleian library, 1602 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Documentary Evidence
NotePurchased for £15. 15. 0; see Books Purchased (1790), 8.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteSee above Provenance 'Brancas de Lauraguais, Louis-Léon-Félicité, duc de, 1733-1824', Binding note.

Other Information

Last Edit2020-02-10 11:44:35