Pius II, Pont: Max De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia [Italian].
Translated by Alessandro Braccio.
[Florence: Bartolommeo di Libri, ca. 1495]
4to. a-g8 h4. [60] leaves.
ISTC ip00689800; GW M3356850.
GW (the only recorded copy): 25-27 lines; printed in de Libri, type 2:115R, with occasional use of 3:114G.
Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bw.3.33 (see main library entry for this item) |
Provenance: | Provenance: Antoine Benjamin Morin d’Hérouville, Danish Consul General at Naples from 1766 to 1771: lot 1578 “sine anno vel loco” in 'A catalogue of the large and curious library, collected chiefly in Italy, by the late A.B. Morin d’Herouville ...' (London: Leigh & Sotheby, 1780). William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the Morin d’ Hérouville sale for £0.3.0 according to the annotated BL copy of the sale catalogue - shelfmark S.C.S. 13(3). University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “O.7.3”. |
Binding: | Italy, 18th-century vellum; gilt spine title; sprinkled red and brown-edged leaves; turquoise silk bookmark. Size: 212 x 144 mm. |
Leaf size: | 205 x 139 mm. |
Annotations: | Several brief marginal annotations in Italian in a 16th/17th-century hand in gatherings a-c, mainly extracting keywords. |
Decoration: | None. |
Imperfections: | None. |
Digital version: | Available via Flickr. |