Herodianus: Historia de imperio post Marcum.

Translated by Angelus Politianus.

Bologna:  Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, 31 Aug. 1493.
Fol.   aa-hh8 ii4.   [68] leaves.
Woodcut printer’s device.
ISTC ih00086000;  GW 12319;  Goff H86;  BMC VI 827 (IB. 28909);  Bod-inc H-052;  CIBN H-52;  BSB-Ink H-118.

GIP number: H9
Shelf-mark: Sp Coll Hunterian Bg.3.18 (see main library entry for this item)
Provenance: William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist:  source unknown.
University of Glasgow:  Hunterian bequest 1807;  Hunterian Museum bookplate and book label on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “X.2.13”.
Binding: Italy, 18th-century parchment;  green leather title label on spine with title in gilt;  green silk bookmark;  early title in ink on lower edge of text block.   Size:  309 x 214 mm.
Leaf size: 300 x 206 mm.
Annotations: None.
Decoration: None.
Imperfections: Wanting bifolium aa1.8.

 

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