Shelfmark
DDh.6.08 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
DDf.8.08 (Copy 2)
Author
Uniform title
[Historiae rerum Venetarum ab urbe condita]
Title
M. Antonii Sabellici in tris & triginta suos rerum Venetarum libros epitoma.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Impressum Venetiis] : [Arte & industria Andreæ de Toresanis de Asula], [1487].
Physical description
[240] leaves ; Fo.
Note
No title-page; catalogued from opening to leaf i v.
Note
Imprint from colophon.
Citation/references note
Hain +14043; Proctor 4713; Goff S5; BMC V308
Provenance
Copy 2: Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Seabright.
Provenance
Copy 1: Bookplate recording bequest to Eton by Joseph Frederick Burrell in 1983.
Provenance
Copy 2: Bookplate of Eton College. Ms. note recording donation to Eton by William Horman (d. 1522).
Binding
Copy 1: 16th century blind-stamped pigskin. German. Rolls include floral tools, and human heads. Clasps.
Binding
Copy 2: Manuscript leaves used in binding identified by Ker as 'Concordantiae maiores' (Stegmuller, no. 3605); host binding referred to as Ga.2.3. See Ker, 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries', pp. 634-5.
Binding
Copy 2: 16th/17th century (ca. 1600?) blind-stamped calf. Chain mark. Possibly by the College binder?
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Previously DDf.4.21 and DDf.7.08.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Ms. annotations.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Illuminated initials with red, blue, and green; A3v also decorated (though book heavily cropped, and leaf folded to fit).
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Previously Ge.1.5, Al.2.26, Cl.1.2, Dg.1.13, Df.8.7, and DDf. 8.7.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Four leaves of ms. index made by Richard Cox.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Printed title-page reading "Instituta de Tortis
Subject
Venice (Italy) History Early works to 1500.
Added entry--name
Horman, William, ? - -1535 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Identifier
B16352