Augustinus, Aurelius: De civitate dei.
Commentary by Thomas Waleys and Nicolaus Trivet.
Freiburg im Breisgau: [Kilianus Piscator (Fischer)], 1494.
Fol. a8 b-x6 y8 z6 A-T6. [256] leaves.
ISTC ia01246000; GW 2890; Goff A1246; BMC III 695 (IB. 14206); Bod-inc A-532; CIBN A-689; BSB-Ink A-864.
| GIP number: | A117 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Bh8-e.10 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Variant: | Leaves b2 and x3 not signed, l4 signed "4" (see CIBN). |
| Note: | Leaf a1 mounted. |
| Bound with: | The first of two incunabula bound together. Bound with: Augustinus, Aurelius, De trinitate. [Freiburg im Breisgau: Kilianus Piscator (Fischer)], 1494. |
| Provenance: | David Wauchope, Procurator of the Scottish nation in the University of Orléans (1501-2); canon of Dunkeld: inscription on T2r “liber mag[ist]ri dauid Wauchoip p[re]be[n]darij du[n]kelde[nsis]” followed by his monogram “M d.w.” and by a motto “Sola est dej gr[ati]a que ho[mi]n[em] a morte liberat deo gra[tias]”; a similar but damaged inscription on a2r; see Durkan & Ross, 158. John Greenlaw (d. 1566) of Haddington, vicar of Keith Humbie: inscription on a1r “Johannes Greynlawe hadingtonanus me possidet A[nn]o 1537” followed by the motto “S[ingulariter] in spe”; a similar inscription on a2r; see Durkan & Ross, 105. University of Glasgow: shelfmark “AZ: f:1: n:6:” on a1r and a2r matching entry in 'Catalogus librorum Bibliothecae Universitatis Glasguensis anno 1691' (University of Glasgow Library, MS Gen. 1313); inscription “Ex Libris Bibliothecae Universitatis Glasguensis emp[tus]: proprijs ... sumptibus 1705” on a2r; a mid 18th-century University Library shelfmark “BE f4 n2” also on a2r; shelfmark “BO.4.15” on University Library bookplate matching entry in A. Arthur, 'Catalogus impressorum librorum in Bibliotheca Universitatis Glasguensis', (Glasguae: 1791). |
| Binding: | Scotland, 19th-century half calf, marbled sides; oval gilt stamp of Glasgow College Library at foot of spine; sprinkled red-edged leaves; binder’s ticket “Bound by Carss, Glasgow” on front pastedown; binder’s job number(?) “72/39” in pencil on a1r. Size: 300 x 214 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 293 x 208 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent marginal annotations, “nota” marks and underlining in a 16th-century hand; occasional manicules; a front flyleaf contains a half page of theological notes (unidentified), written in a 16th-century hand, which are continued on the final blank page (n6v) of the second item in the volume (De trinitate) and on two flyleaves following it. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Heavy worming throughout. |
