Pius II, Pont. Max.: De curialium miseria.
[Rome: Bartholomaeus Guldinbeck or Wendelinus de Wila, not after Aug.] 1475.
4to. [18 26 38]. [22] leaves.
ISTC ip00662000; Goff P662; BMC IV 68.
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian By.3.11 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Bound with: | The second of four incunabula bound together. Bound with: (1) Pius II, Pont. Max., De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia. [Rome: Johannes Gensberg, ca. 1474] (3) Tractatus quidam de Turcis. [Rome: Johannes Schurener, de Bopardia, ca. 1474-75] (4) Pius II, Pont. Max., De captione urbis Constantinopolitanae. [Rome: Johannes Gensberg, ca. 1474]. |
| Provenance: | Louis Jean Gaignat (1697-1768), Secretary to King Louis XV: Gaignat sale, 1769; lot 2231 in Guillaume de Bure, 'Bibliographie instructive: supplément ... ou catalogue des livres de feu M. L.J. Gaignat', 2 vols (Paris: 1769). William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the Gaignat sale through his agent, Jean-Baptiste Dessain, for 19 livres 2 sous; see 'Dessain-Hunter correspondence' (University of Glasgow Library, MS Gen. 36, f. 25v). University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “A.9.27”. |
| Binding: | France, 18th-century blue morocco decorated with triple gold fillets, a small gold fleuron at each corner; gold tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves; pink silk bookmark. Size: 206 x 141 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 200 x 137 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent “nota” marks in brown ink; gatherings numbered very faintly "6-8". |
| Decoration: | Initials supplied in colour throughout (the colour completely washed out); guide letters visible in brown ink. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
