Pius II, Pont. Max.: Dialogus de somnio quodam.
Rome: Johannes Schurener, de Bopardia, 11 Sept. 1475.
Fol. & 4to. [110 2-58 6-76]. [54] leaves, the first blank.
ISTC ip00669000; Goff P669; BMC IV 57; Bod-inc P-310.
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bg.2.20 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Bound with: | The second of three incunabula bound together. Bound with: (1) Pius II, Pont. Max., Epistolae in Cardinalatu editae. Rome: Johannes Schurener, de Bopardia, 14 July 1475. (3) Pius II, Pont. Max., Historia Bohemica. Rome: Johannes Schurener, de Bopardia, and Johannes Nicolai Hanheymer, de Oppenheym, partly for Johannes Aloisius Tuscanus, 10 Jan. 1475. |
| Provenance: | Louis Jean Gaignat (1697-1768), Secretary to King Louis XV: Gaignat sale, 1769; lot 2564 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 60 livres; see 'Dessain-Hunter correspondence' (University of Glasgow Library, MS Gen. 36, f. 26r). University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest, 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “Ad.8.6”. |
| Binding: | France, 18th-century red morocco decorated with triple gold fillets, a small gold fleuron at each corner; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves; turquoise silk bookmark. Size: 273 x 200 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 268 x 190 mm. |
| Annotations: | Occasional “nota” marks. |
| Decoration: | Seven-line initial “E” on 1/2r supplied in blue with red pen-work decoration extending into margin. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
