Ficinus, Marsilius: De vita libri tres (De triplici vita); Apologia; Quod necessaria sit ad vitam securitas et tranquillitas animi.
Add: Poem by Amerigus Corsinus.
Florence: Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini [for Philippus Valor], 3 Dec. 1489.
Fol. π2 a-d8 e6 f-k8 l6 m4. [90] leaves.
Woodcut printer’s device.
ISTC if00158000; GW 9882; Goff F158; BMC VI 639 (IB. 27180); Bod-inc F-050; CIBN F-74; BSB-Ink F-116.
Note: BSB-Ink adds Philippus Valor as publisher.
| GIP number: | F9 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BD9-d.12 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Variant: | π1r: first two lines of the heading are printed in upper case as in BMC and GW, not as in Polain(B) 1480 and Pell 4799. |
| Provenance: | Thomas Arthur (fl. 1856-1876), bookseller, London: sold book to William Euing. William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: purchased from Arthur 8 June 1869 according to Euing’s pencil acquisition note with price code on π1r “8 6 69 Arthur ad/-” together with Euing’s inventory number “No 4194”; source confirmed in Euing’s acquisitions inventory (University of Glasgow Library, MS Euing 49). University of Glasgow: presented by Euing in 1872 according to one of two University Library bookplates on front pastedown. |
| Binding: | 18th/19th-century brown sheep, undecorated. Size: 291 x 205 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 279 x 196 mm. |
| Annotations: | Leaves from a1 onwards foliated in ink “1” - “88” in an 18th-century(?) hand; early 19th-century shelfmark(?) “C.8.” in ink and price £24 (i.e. lire) on rear pastedown; 19th-century price in pencil “14/-” on front pastedown and a price code “a/e”; pencil number “7” also on front pastedown; extract from an unidentified 19th-century English bookseller’s catalogue (item 1009 captioned “This esteemed work ...” and with price excluded) pasted onto front pastedown. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
