Georgius Trapezuntius: De partibus orationis ex Prisciano compendium.
Milan: [Philippus de Lavagnia], 1 Feb. 1474.
4to. [1-68 710 8-98 106]. [80] leaves.
ISTC ig00156000; GW 10661; Goff G156; BMC VI 701 (IB. 26108); CIBN G-87.
| GIP number: | G23 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bw.3.32 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Joseph (fl. 1790): partially erased ownership description on front free endpaper "1790 ex Libris [...] Josephi [...]". Ebenezer Brown (d. 1828), M.D., Inspector General of Hospitals: presented to the Hunterian Library in March, 1852 (cf. 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 (cf. 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.2.14” (a later addition to the Hunterian Library with no connection to William Hunter’s original collection). |
| Binding: | Italy(?), 17th-century parchment; early manuscript shelfmark “R” above the letter (or roman numeral) “V” at foot of spine; worn manuscript spine title and date “1474”; later manuscript title on paper added to head of spine; 18th-century manuscript title on front cover. Size: 223 x 160 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 219 x 157 mm. |
| Annotations: | None. |
| Decoration: | Three-line initial “D” on 1/1r supplied in blue and decorated with red pen-work; other initials supplied in blue or red throughout; paragraph mark supplied in red on 1/1r and in blue on 10/6v (f. 80v). |
| Imperfections: | Moderately heavy worming at beginning and end of book affecting text. |
