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mei/00206761 Gibson 403*(7).
[00206761]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Gibson 403*(7).
ISTC No.ij00657000
AuthorJuvenalis, Decimus Junius
TitleSatyrae (Comm: Domitius Calderinus; Georgius Valla). Add: Domitius Calderinus: Defensio adversus Brotheum
ImprintVenice : Theodorus de Ragazonibus, 16 June 1491
Provenance nameGibson, Strickland (1877-1958), 1877 - 1958 Keeper of the University Archives 1927, Keeper of Printed Books, Bodleian Library 1942; see R. H. Hill, `Valete', BLR 2 (1946), 129-30; `The Gibson Donation', BLR 4 (1953), 179; `Notes and News: The Late Mr Strickland Gibson', BLR 6,3 (1959), 449-50; Herbert J. Davis, `The Strickland Gibson Collection', BLR 6 (1961) 645-54.
Provenance nameGibson, Strickland (1877-1958), 1877 - 1958 Keeper of the University Archives 1927, Keeper of Printed Books, Bodleian Library 1942; see R. H. Hill, `Valete', BLR 2 (1946), 129-30; `The Gibson Donation', BLR 4 (1953), 179; `Notes and News: The Late Mr Strickland Gibson', BLR 6,3 (1959), 449-50; Herbert J. Davis, `The Strickland Gibson Collection', BLR 6 (1961) 645-54.