Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: Tragoediae.
Edited, with commentary, by Gellius Bernardinus Marmita.
Venice: Lazarus de Soardis, de Saviliano, 12 Dec. 1492.
Fol. a8 b-z6. [140] leaves.
Woodcut printer’s device.
ISTC is00436000; GW M41442; Goff S436; BMC V 491 (IB. 23608); Bod-inc S-147; CIBN S-203; BSB-Ink S-272.
| GIP number: | S27 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BD7-b.7 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Note: | With the line beginning “¶ Cum priuilegio ...” on z6r which has been added by hand-stamping to some (but not all) copies after printing off - cf. BMC. |
| Provenance: | Sir John Anstruther (1718-1799), 2nd Baronet: armorial bookplate on verso of front free endpaper “Sr. John Anstruther of Anstruther Bart.” (Franks 616). William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: acquisition date ‘7. 1. 54’, an early Euing inventory number ‘14’ and his price code ‘Q.Qqv’ on front free endpaper, all in pencil; source unknown. University of Glasgow: presented by Euing in 1872 according to University Library bookplate on front pastedown. |
| Binding: | England, 18th-century gold-tooled diced brown russia; covers decorated with a dentelle border formed by triple fillets and three different rolls; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; turquoise silk bookmark; evidence of an early title written horizontally across fore-edge. Size: 312 x 212 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 301 x 201 mm. |
| Annotations: | 19th-century price code “o/-” in pencil on rear free endpaper. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
