Calderinus, Domitius: Commentarii in Martialem.
With additions by M. Lucidus Phosphorus. Add: Defensio ad Corelium.
Rome: Johannes Gensberg, for Johannes Aloisius Tuscanus, 22 Mar. 1474.
4to. [18 210 38 4-3210]. [316] leaves, 1/1 and 2/1 blank.
ISTC ic00036000; Goff C36; BMC IV 49 (IB. 17665); GW 5887; CIBN C-17.
| GIP number: | C7 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bg.3.8 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Joseph Smith (1673/4?-1770), British Consul in Venice: lot 1300 in 'Bibliotheca Smithiana: a catalogue of the curious, elegant, and very valuable library of Joseph Smith ... Which will be sold by auction, by S. Baker and G. Leigh ... on Monday, January the 25th, 1773'. William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the Smith sale for £2.2.0 according to the annotated BL copy of the Smith sale catalogue - shelfmark S.C.S. 8(7). University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate and book label on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “X.3.4”, overlaying an earlier bookplate - almost certainly that of Joseph Smith. |
| Binding: | Italy, 18th-century parchment; green leather title label; sprinkled red-edged leaves. Size: 285 x 206 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 276 x 194 mm. |
| Annotations: | Occasional marginal annotations in a humanist hand; catchwords visible on the final verso of most gatherings; early foliation and chapter numbering. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the first blank leaf, 1/1. |
