Shelfmark
DDf.6.03(04)
Author
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
[Victor Pisanus magnifico ac singularis prudentiæ uiro Paulo Pisano Senatori Veneto. S. P. D.].
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Hoc opus impressum Venetijs] : [Arte & ingenio Antonii de Strata Cremonensis], [1488].
Physical description
[122] leaves : ill. ; 4to.
Note
Previously Fk.2.16, By.6.2 and Df.6.3.
Note
Edited by V. Pisanus.
Note
No title-page; catalogued from opening to leaf A2r (A1 blank).
Note
Imprint from colophon.
Note
Includes Aratus' "Phaenomena" (Latin version by Germanicus, with commentary sometimes ascribed to Caesius Bassus, and Cicero's commentary), and quintus Serenus Sammonicus' "De medica".
Note
Incomplete: wants first 58 leaves, and final two (blank) leaves.
Note
Vellum ms. leaves used as pastedowns.
With note
[Bound with:] Three other works printed in 1480s.
Citation/references note
Hain 2224; Proctor 4593; Goff A1432; BMCV 294
Provenance
Label recording bequest to Eton by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Binding
15th century blind-stamped calf. English, possibly Oxford binding, by Oldham's "Floral binder". Stamps numbered 169, 172, and 177 on Plate XVIII. Marks of clasps.
Subject
Geography, Ancient Early works to 1500.
Subject
Astronomy Early works to 1500.
Subject
Astrology Early works to 1500.
Added entry--name
Aratus Solensis. Phaenomena.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
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Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Identifier
B16311