Pius II, Pont. Max: Historia rerum ubique gestarum.
Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 1477.
Fol. a-f10 g-h8 i-l10. [106] leaves, the first blank.
ISTC ip00730000; GW M33756; Goff P730; BMC V 233 (IB. 20318); Bod-inc P-330; CIBN P-424; BSB-Ink P-492.
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: | P62 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian By.2.17 (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 “Ae.4.7”. |
| Binding: | 18th-century mottled calf; gold-tooled spine; red-edged leaves. Size: 305 x 209 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 300 x 202 mm. |
| Annotations: | Signature k1, which is missigned “l”, corrected in ink to “k”; 18th-century price "1=11=6" faintly written in pencil on front free endpaper. |
| Decoration: | Six-line initial “Q” on a2r supplied in blue with reserved white and set on a square ground of red pen-work decoration; other initials and paragraph marks supplied in alternate red and blue throughout; capital strokes in red throughout. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the first blank leaf. |
Copy 2
| Accession number: | 167527 |
| Provenance: | William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: owner; source unknown. Stirling’s Public Library (now part of the Mitchell Library), Glasgow: bookplate tipped-in at front with inscription “A donation from William Euing Esq. 1870”. |
| Binding: | Scotland, 20th-century gold-tooled olive morocco; gold-tooled spine; new green endpapers; modern flyleaves; gilt-edged leaves; “Bound by Dunn & Wilson” stamped on turn-in of rear cover; previous binding unrecorded. Size: 286 x 193 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 277 x 183 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent underlining in an early hand and occasional “nota” marks; number “2/292” in pencil on a2r is probably a binder’s job number. |
| Decoration: | Initials supplied in blue or red (some with reserved white); capital strokes in red throughout. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting the first blank leaf. |
