Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Auct. N 4.2.
ISTC No.iv00030000
AuthorValerius Maximus, Gaius
TitleFacta et dicta memorabilia. Ed: Bonus Accursius
ImprintVenice : P.F., B.R., S.F., Z.F., 1 July 1478
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectHistory
Keywordsliterature
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id00209635
Holding InstitutionOxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
ShelfmarkAuct. N 4.2.
NoteBodInc-Id: V-014(1)
Copy HistoryImported from Bod-inc. Edited by Nuria Cangros i Alonso.
Physical DescriptionWanting the blank leaf a1. Leaf a4 backed.
Size of leaves263 × 178 mm
Copy Features - NoteUnread inscription in a seventeenth century hand of name on leaf used to back a4.
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1478 -
1525
Areae-fr
Time period1478 - 1525
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteOn a5r French three-quarter stem borders in black ink, with gold dotting, leaves, flowers, and two birds with [play] masks for heads outlined in black ink and coloured in blue, green, red, indigo, and yellow, incorporating a seven-line epigraphic initial ‘U' painted in blue with reserved white decoration, on a ground of gilt, the area within the body of the letter decorated in indigo with a white pen-work flower pattern. Principal initials are supplied in gold on a ground of red and/or blue. the area within the body of the letter coloured in indigo and/or blue with white pen-work. Elsewhere initials are supplied in red or blue or interlocked red and blue, with black or red pen-work decoration. Paragraph marks and headlines are also supplied in red or blue.
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteSee Decoration note.
Manuscript notesOn a4r and a5r copious marginal notes, now washed, in a contemporary French hand, supplying comments on the text. Elsewhere a few notes in the same hand, mainly supplying brackets and pointing hands.
Provenance
1744 -
1789
PlaceToulouse (Geonames ID: 2972315)
Areae-fr
Time period1744 - 1789
Provenance nameMacCarthy Reagh, Justin, 1744 - 1811 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy) Comte; see Catalogue des livres rares et précieux du cabinet de M. L. C. D.M. (Paris, 1779); sales: A Catalogue of a Very Elegant and Curious Cabinet of Books Lately Imported from France
Wier, Richard, 1750-1780 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay) Approximate dates. In 1774 he and his wife were employed at Toulouse, in binding and repairing the books in count Macarthy's library. (A Dictionary of Printers and Printing, p. 796)
Provenance TypeBinding
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteSale (18 May 1789), lot 1531.
Date of evidence1789
Binding noteEighteenth-century gold-tooled red morocco; bound by Richard Weir. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Gilt-edged leaves. Marbled pastedowns. Green silk bookmark.
Binding Dimensions272 × 202 × 23 mm
Provenance
1789 -
Areae-uk
Time period1789 -
Provenance TypeBinding
Documentary Evidence
NotePurchased for £1. 14. 0; see Books Purchased (1789), 7.
Date of evidence1789
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteSee above Provenance 'MacCarthy Reagh, Justin, 1744-181', Binding note.
Other Information
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