Shelfmark
Fd.3.01 - Fd.3.04
Author
Collective uniform title
Works. 1537.
Title
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera, quæ hac tenus excusa sunt, castigatis sima nunc primum in lucem edita.
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Sex epistolæ ad Brutum nunc primum à Germanis inventae
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Petri Victorii explicationes suarum in Cicero nem castigationum
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venetiis : in officina Lucæantonii Iuntæ., M. D. XXXVII. [1537]
Physical description
4 v. ; Fo.
Note
Pagination: [8] p., 79 leaves., [98], 366, [2] p.; [16], 840, [4]; 554, [10], 550, [2] p.
Note
Includes indexes.
Note
Final page of each volume bears woodcut printer's device.
Note
Each volume bears colophon and register, with varying dates: Vol. 1: M.D.XXXVI. mense Augusto; vol. 2: M.D.XXXIIII. mense Decembri; Vol. 3: M.D.XXXV. mense Iunio; vol. 4: M.D.XXXVI. mense Augusto.
Note
Additional work included at end of vol. 3, with its own register: "Sex epistolæ ad Brutum nunc primum à Germanis inventae quæ num M. Tullij Ciceronis sint legentium Iudicio, videndum relinquitur".
Note
Woodcut initials.
Note
T.p. of vol. 1 within woodcut Mannerist border.
Note
Half-title page in vol. 1: "Petri Victorii explicationes suarum in Cicero nem castigationum".
Citation/references note
Adams, C1639
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
18th century English sprinkled sheep; gold tooled double fillet border with inner frame of triple fillet, large fleurons at each corner; gold tooled geometric roll on board edges; gold tooled decoration on spine including ornaments of crowns, sceptres and urns; red morocco spine labels with gold tooled letters, detached from some volumes; marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Ms. annotations throughout, though focused on particular works.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: De.2.3-6 and Cb.3.1-4.
Subject
Added entry--name
Vettori, Pietro, 1499 - 1585 editor.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Identifier
B28501