Colatius, Matthaeus: Opuscula.
Venice: Bernardinus Rizus, Novariensis, 1486.
4to. a-b8 c-d4. [24] leaves.
The epitaph on c4v, dated “M.cccc.lxxxx” in BMC, is considered to be a misprint - CIBN (C-512) suggests 1480 instead. Colophon dated 1486.
Woodcut initial.
ISTC ic00750000; GW 7156; Goff C750; BMC V 400 (IA. 22652); Bod-inc C-379; CIBN C-512; BSB-Ink C-465.
| GIP number: | C67 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bx.3.3 (see main library entry for this item ) |
| Note: | The epitaph on c4v, dated “M.cccc.lxxxx” in BMC, has in this copy had the final “x” of the date deleted. |
| Provenance: | Ebenezer Brown (d.1828), M.D., Inspector General of Hospitals: source unknown; presented to the Hunterian Library in March, 1852 (see University of Glasgow Library, Museum records, MR37/14, 15) by Miss Marjory Ettles of Stirling from the library of her late brother-in-law, Dr Ebenezer Brown, a matriculated student in the Greek Class at Glasgow University in 1786 (see James Coutts, A history of the University of Glasgow from its foundation in 1451 to 1909, pp. 404-5; W. Innes Addison, The matriculation albums of the University of Glasgow from 1728 to 1858, no. 4573). Marjory Ettles (fl. 1852) of Stirling: see above. University of Glasgow: presented in 1852 (see above); Hunterian Museum bookplate, with former shelfmark “E.2.16” (a later addition to the Hunterian Library with no connection to William Hunter’s original collection). |
| Binding: | 18th-century half calf, speckled khaki paper-covered boards; sprinkled red-edged leaves; title and date “1486” written in ink on front cover. Size: 202 x 152 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 198 x 148 mm. |
| Annotations: | Brief early marginal annotation on b5r. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Top and outer margins of d2 and d3 repaired; printed area of d4r mounted on a blank leaf. |
