Shelfmark
Fc.4.05(01)
Author
Uniform title
[Metamorphoses]
Title
P. Ouidii Nasonis Metamorphose[o]s libri quindecim, cum commentariis Raphaelis Regii. Adiectis etiam annotationibus Iacobi Micylli nunc primum in lucem editis, cum locupletissimo præterea in hæc omnia indice.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Metamorphoseos libri quindecim
Varying form of title
Other title: P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseos libri qvindecim
Varying form of title
Other title: P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseos libri quindecim
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileae : Per Ioan. Heruagium, anno M. D. XLIII. [1543]
Physical description
[28], 355, [5] p. ; fol.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Printer's device on t.p.: triple-headed Hermes on plinth. A different print of the same device on final page.
Note
Includes colophon.
Note
Printed in double columns, with main text in the centre.
Note
Woodcut initials in two sizes, with figures; printed marginalia.
Citation/references note
VD 16, O1643
Citation/references note
BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 669
Citation/references note
Adams, O492
Provenance
A number of 16th and 17th century ownership inscriptions on t.p. and final page. Includes Thomas Lawrence and "Ioanis Randallus".
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Late 17th century light brown sprinkled sheep; blind tooled decorative roll and double fillet on boards forming two panels; small fleurons at each corner; blind tooled sngle fillet on spine; traces of a spine label, now lost; ms. note on spine "A. Persii Satyrica"; six raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Price given on t.p.: "P.tiu. xi xiii".
Copy-specific note
Final page bears an "R" initial with leaf decoration in pencil, together with a cipher.
Copy-specific note
One of two items in volume.
Copy-specific note
Marginal annotations in different hands throughout early part of book.
Subject
Subject
Poetry, Latin.
Subject
Mythology, Classical.
Added entry--name
Regio, Raffaele, ca. 1450 - 1520 commentator.
Added entry--name
Moltzer, Jakob, 1503 - 1558 editor.
Added entry--name
Herwagen, Johann, 1497 - 1559? printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B28007