Psalterium [Greek].
Edited by Justinus Decadyus.
Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, [not after 1 Oct. 1498]
4to. α-θ8 ι6 κ-ν8 ο-υ8. [150] leaves.
Woodcut initials and borders.
ISTC ip01033000; GW M36248; Goff P1033; BMC V 563 (IA. 24458); Bod-inc P-493; CIBN P-644; BSB-Ink P-850; Ahmanson-Murphy 29.
Included in Aldus's list of books of 1 Oct. 1498 (BSB-Ink). Dated by Goff as [ca. 1496-98] and by Bod-inc as [ca. 1496 - before Oct. 1498].
| GIP number: | P94 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bc.2.1 (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 shelfmarks “As.9.8” and “O.6.4”. |
| Binding: | 18th-century mottled calf; gold-tooled spine, rebacked; sprinkled red-edged leaves. Size: 202 x 145 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 194 x 137 mm. |
| Annotations: | At the head of ι1r a line of text has been omitted; in this copy it has been supplied in pen-and-ink, probably in the printer’s office - as in the three copies described by BMC and copy 1 of Bod-inc. A line of text has also dropped out at the head of ρ1r and this too has been supplied in pen-and-ink at the foot of π8v. On front free endpaper an 18th-century price “2- -” and on rear pastedown “aaa”. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
