Shelfmark
Fc.4.06
Author
Collective uniform title
Comedies. 1506.
Title
Lector optime scito has comoedias uiginti plautinas ex quibus Pylades Buccardus duodeuinginti solerti dilige[n]tia correxit: atq[ue] ex iis quinque elega[n]tissime. interpretatus est.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Comoedias uiginti
Varying form of title
Other title: Comoedias viginti
Publication, distribution, etc.
Brixiæ : a Iacobo Brita[n]nico Brixiæ imp[re]ssas suisse omni adhibito studio ne ab archetypo aber raret, Anno salutis M.D.VI. tertio kalendas decembres. [1506]
Physical description
[12], CCCXIIII leaves ; fol.
Note
Title and imprint information taken from colophon.
Note
Register given on verso of leaf [12].
Note
Includes index preceding text.
Note
Woodcut initials; printed marginalia.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Amphitryo -- Asinaria -- Aulularia -- Captivi duo -- Curculio -- Casina -- Cistellaria -- Epidicus -- Bacchides -- Mostellaria -- Menæchmi -- Miles -- Mercator -- Pseudolus -- Penulus -- Persa -- Rudens -- Stichus -- Trinummus -- Truculentus -- In faciem vorsus -- Hoc agite -- Senex avarus -- Captus est in pugna -- Curculio missus --- Salvere iubeo -- Comprimit adolescens -- Emit sidicinam -- Quid si hoc potis es -- Manumisit emptos -- Mercator Siculus -- Meretricem Athenis -- Missus -- Præsentis numerat -- Puer septuennis -- Profecto domino -- Rete piscator -- Senex castigat filias -- Thesaurum abstrusum -- Tres unam.
Citation/references note
BL STC Italy (16th cent.), p. 524.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
Ownership inscription on recto of leaf CCCXIIII: "Joannes Broxolm".
Provenance
Ownership inscription on recto of leaf CCCXIIII: "liber Willm. Welcome ex dono cognati William Broxolm".
Provenance
Ownership inscription on verso of leaf CCCXIIII: "Tho. Warrick".
Binding
Contemporary English brown calf; wooden boards; blind tooled intersecting frame of decorative roll with lion, portcullis and wivern (Oldham, English Blind stamped Books, 563), with a central panel decorated with lozenge shaped ornament (Oldham, 971); traces of clasps; resewn and rebacked in 20th century, with light brown calf; four raised bands; trace of title written along fore edge.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Fc.4.9 and Fb.1.12.
Subject
Subject
Latin drama (Comedy)
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--name
Broxolm, John former owner.
Added entry--name
Welcome, William former owner.
Added entry--name
Warrick, Thomas former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Brescia
Identifier
B28015