Josephus, Flavius: De bello Judaico.
Translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis. Edited by Bartholomaeus Platina.
Rome: Arnoldus Pannartz, 25 Nov. 1475.
Fol. [1-310 48 5-610 78 8-1110 12-136 14-1510 168 17-1910]. [176] leaves.
ISTC ij00488000; GW M15182; Goff J488; BMC IV 62 (IB. 17924); Bod-inc J-224; CIBN J-312; BSB-Ink I-620.
Two copies listed in Glasgow Incunabula Project; copy 1 held by University of Glasgow Library and copy 2 held by the Mitchell Library
Copy 1
GIP number: | J30 |
Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bf.1.11 (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 on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “Ak.3.3”. |
Binding: | 18th-century diced brown calf; covers decorated with a double gold-tooled border formed by two sets of triple fillets and two decorative rolls, both of which include a fleur-de-lys; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves. Size: 334 x 240 mm. |
Leaf size: | 323 x 225 mm. |
Annotations: | Evidence of running book numbers, marginal annotations, and underlining, all so heavily washed as to be almost illegible. |
Decoration: | Seven-line initial “Q” on 1/1r supplied in red, the colour almost completely washed out. |
Imperfections: | None. |
Copy 2