Vergilius, Polydorus: De inventoribus rerum.
Venice: Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello, 31 Aug. 1499.
4to. a6 b-k8 l10. [88] leaves.
ISTC iv00146000; GW M50152; Goff V146; BMC V 473 (IA. 23513); Bod-inc V-070; BSB-Ink V-139.
Two copies held by the University of Glasgow.
Copy 1
| GIP number: | V17/2 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Ferguson Ag-b.12 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Note: | Quires c and e transposed. |
| Provenance: | Franciscus Morandus (16th/17th century): inscription on a1r “Francisci Morandj”. Giovanni Battista Bonioli (17th century): on a1r “Jo’ Bapt’ae Bonioli”. Giacomo Manzoni (1816-1889), Count, minister of finance, Roman Republic, 1849: buff-coloured book label lettered “Ex libris Jacobj Manzoni” with crest on front pastedown; Manzoni sale lot number “3726” written in red ink and in pencil on front pastedown - see 'Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feu M. le comte Jacques Manzoni' (part II, 1893). John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: Ferguson’s acquisition note in pencil on rear pastedown “Manzoni sale 3726 per J. MacLehose”; his note in pencil on front pastedown “John Ferguson June 20 1893 First edition 1499 Sunderland copy I got in 1883 This is the Manzoni copy”. James J. MacLehose (1857-1943) was Ferguson’s agent at the Manzoni sale. University of Glasgow: Ferguson collection purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | Italy, 19th-century half parchment, marbled paper boards; quire e misbound as quire c and quire c misbound as quire e. Size: 210 x 160 mm. |
| Leaf size: | Leaf size: 204 x 154 mm. |
| Annotations: | Copious 16th-century marginal annotations in Latin in two hands; in Cap. xxiiii "De Origine Picturae", at the foot of h7v, the text has been augmented by a lengthy manuscript note relating to "Raphael sanctus vrbinus pictor" (i.e. the painter Raphael (1483-1520)) - this has been copied from a later edition of this work; frequent underlining; number “II. A. 219” written in purple ink (and lightly scored out in red ink) on front pastedown, other numbers in pencil on front pastedown “16,008” and “226”; the initials "R.C" in pencil on rear pastedown. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
Copy 2
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GIP number: |
G17/1 |
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Shelf-mark: |
Sp Coll Ferguson Ah-a.25 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | Charles Spencer (1675-1722), 3rd Earl of Sunderland: shelfmark of the Sunderland Library on free front endpaper “B6:58” in ink and lightly scored through in pencil, below which is the subsequent Sunderland shelfmark in pencil “106.B.16” (see S. De Ricci, 'English collectors of books & manuscripts, 1530-1930', p. 39); on rear pastedown in pencil “S 12892” i.e. lot 12892 (p. 952) in 'Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana: sale catalogue of the truly important and very extensive library of printed books known as the Sunderland or Blenheim Library. The fifth portion' (London: 1883); sold to Bernard Quaritch, bookseller, for £0.10.0 according to the printed list of prices and purchasers’ names appended to the Sunderland sale catalogue. Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller, London – see above. John Ferguson (1837-1916), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow: Ferguson’s acquisition date in pencil on front free endpaper “23 iij 83” and his note on front flyleaf “JF First edition. Extremely rare Venet. 1499 From the Sunderland Library”; Ferguson’s collation on rear pastedown. University of Glasgow: Ferguson library purchase, 1921. |
| Binding: | England, 18th-century calf, covers decorated with a border formed by a double gold fillet and a blind decorative roll; gold-tooled spine (thistle tool); marbled endpapers. Size: 211 x 155 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 204 x 150 mm. |
| Annotations: | Erased (ownership?) inscription on a1r; inscription in Italian on l10v but so faded as to be mainly illegible. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
