Pius II, Pont. Max.: De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia.
[Rome: Johannes Gensberg, ca. 1474]
4to. [1-58]. [40] leaves.
ISTC ip00674000; Goff P674; BMC IV 50.
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian By.3.11 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Bound with: | The first of four incunabula bound together. Bound with: (2) Pius II, Pont. Max., De curialium miseria. [Rome: Bartholomaeus Guldinbeck or Wendelinus de Wila, not after Aug.] 1475. (3) Tractatus quidam de Turcis. [Rome: Johannes Schurener, de Bopardia, ca. 1474-75] (4) Pius II, Pont. Max., De captione urbis Constantinopolitanae. [Rome: Johannes Gensberg, ca. 1474]. |
| Provenance: | Louis Jean Gaignat (1697-1768), Secretary to King Louis XV: Gaignat sale, 1769; lot 2231 in Guillaume de Bure, 'Bibliographie instructive: supplément ... ou catalogue des livres de feu M. L.J. Gaignat', 2 vols (Paris: 1769). William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: purchased by Hunter at the Gaignat sale through his agent, Jean-Baptiste Dessain, for 19 livres 2 sous; see 'Dessain-Hunter correspondence' (University of Glasgow Library, MS Gen. 36, f.25v). University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “A.9.27”. |
| Binding: | France, 18th-century blue morocco decorated with triple gold fillets, a small gold fleuron at each corner; gold tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves; pink silk bookmark. Size: 206 x 141 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 200 x 137 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent “nota” marks in faded brown ink; occasional underlining; marginal correction on 2/8r (f. 16r). |
| Decoration: | Decoration: Two-line initial “M” on [1/1r] supplied in gold; other initials throughout supplied in colour - mostly entirely washed out except for an initial “S” in red on [5/5r] (f. 37r) and an initial “Z” in blue on [5/5v] (f. 37v); guide letters visible in brown ink. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
