Poggius Florentinus: Facetiae.
[Paris]: Michel le Noir, [ca. 1514]
4to. A-H6 I4 K6. [58] leaves.
Woodcut initial; woodcut printer’s device.
ISTC ip00870000; GW M34575; Goff P870; CIBN II p.441; C 4787.
Dated in Goff ca. 1495, CIBN has a corrected dating of ca. 1514 “d’après l’état de la marque”.
| GIP number: | P82 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bx.3.9 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Note: | The transcription by Copinger, made from this the Glasgow copy, needs revision: the title on A1r reads: “¶ Pogij florentini oratoris || clariſſmi fiacetiarum. ...” not “Pogii florentini oratoris || clarissimi facetiarum ...” |
| 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 “Ag.1.12”. |
| Binding: | 18th-century calf decorated with a single blind fillet border; gold-tooled spine; marbled pastedowns; red-edged leaves. Size: 188 x 134 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 181 x 127 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent marginal annotations in Latin in a 16th-century hand; blank area around printer’s device on K6v profusely annotated; frequent corrections of text; frequent “nota” marks and underlining. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
