Thesaurus Cornu copiae et Horti Adonidis [Greek and Latin].

Edited by Aldus Manutius and Urbanus Bolzanius Bellunensis.

Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, Aug. 1496.
Fol.   *¹⁰ aα-iι⁸ Kκ-Lλ⁸ mμ-zψ⁸ &ω⁴ AΑ-DΔ⁸ EΕ⁶ FΖ⁸ GΗ-KΚ^8.6 LΛ⁸.   [10], 1-270 leaves.
ISTC it00158000; GW 7571; Goff T158; BMC V 555 (IB. 24417); Bod-inc T-089; CIBN T-109; BSB-Ink T-159; Ahmanson-Murphy 8.

GIP number:	T9
Shelf-mark:	Sp Coll Hunterian Bh.2.19 (see main library entry for this item)
Note:	As in two of the three Harvard copies (Walsh 2639 and 2640), four lines of bearer type at the foot of Kκ4v have been accidentally inked and printed;  the lines are 28-30 and 26 from Kκ2v.
Note:	As in all four BL copies, the last word on BΒ1r and the last three words on CΓ3 recto are crossed out in pen.
Note:	Leaves 187-188 and 213, which are misnumbered 191-192 and 203, have had their foliation corrected in pen.
Provenance:	Jacques de Malenfant, Seigneur de Preyssac (ca.1530 - ca.1603):  inscriptions in Greek on front pastedown “εκ τῶν βιβλιών Ιακώβου του Μαλινφαντίου Τολωσάνου ἐν Λουτεκία αφξδ [i.e. 1564]”, Malenfant’s motto “ἄνω κὰι μῂ κάτω”, followed by a quotation in Greek beginning ‘Παντὸς ἀρχομένω ...’ (Demosthenes, ‘Letters’, I);  see also Binding. Robert Hoblyn, (1710-1756), politician:  'Bibliotheca Hoblyniana: sive, catalogus librorum, juxta exemplar, quod manu suâ maximâ ex parte descriptum reliquit Robertus Hoblyn ...' (Londini: J. Murray, 1769), p. 189;  Hoblyn sale, 2 Mar. 1778 onwards;  lot 5017 in 'Bibliotheca Hoblyniana ...' (London: Baker & Leigh, 1778);  Hoblyn’s acquisition note “C. & P. pret. 3-2-0” followed by a monogram? on front pastedown;  his shelfmark “P4-1” also on front pastedown. William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist:  purchased by Hunter at the Hoblyn sale for £3.3.0 according to the annotated BL copy of the sale catalogue - shelfmark S.C.S. 11(4). University of Glasgow:  Hunterian bequest 1807;  Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “T.2.10”.
Binding:	France, 16th-century gold-tooled calf attributed to Claude de Picques;  covers decorated with a double gold fillet border and a large centre cartouche containing the arms, name and motto of Jacques de Malenfant;  rebacked in 19th/20th century (original spine covering lost);  see Mirjam M. Foot, 'The binder who worked for Jacques de Malenfant' in 'The Henry Davis Gift:  a collection of bookbindings.   Volume I:  Studies in the history of bookbinding' (London:  1978), 156-69;  small watermark of an orb on rear free endpaper.   Size:  325 x 218 mm.
Leaf size:	320 x 212 mm.
Annotations:	Correction and marginal annotation in Greek on aα4v;  single word marginal annotation in Greek on yχ3r;  additional early manuscript signatures in the first quire.
Decoration:	None.
Imperfections:	None.