Shelfmark
Gh.2.10
Author
Title
Cornucopiae, seu Latinae linguae commentarii locupletissimi, Nicolau Perotto ... tanta ad ueterum scriptorum, codicumque fidem, diligentia recogniti: unde deprompti sunt, tantaque solertia, diuersitate characterum, & luce distincti, ut nulla superiorum æditionum, cum hac iure certare queat. Cætera quæ hoc volumine complectuntur, sequens indicabit pagina..
Varying form of title
Cornvcopiae, sev Latinae lingvae commentarii locvpletissimi
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Latinae linguae commentarii locupletissimi
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileae, : Valen. Curio., Mense Martio. Anno M.D.XXXII [1532]
Physical description
[8], 62 leaves, 1400 columns, [12] leaves ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Note
On the title page, the printer's name appears on either side of a woodcut ornament.
Note
Signatures: [alpha]⁸ [1]-[9]⁶ [10]⁸ a-z⁶, A-R⁶ S-T⁸ V-X⁶ Y⁴ Z⁶, Aa-Oo⁶.
Note
Leaf Nn1 is a half title page: 'Castigationes in luculentissimos Nonii Marcelli commentarios, et obiter in M. Varronis, et festi Pompeii, ...'.
Note
Title enclosed within a historiated woodcut border.
Note
Text printed in double columns; woodcut initials.
Note
Commentary on the first book of Martial's Epigrams.
Note
Text printed in double columns; with printed marginalia.
Note
Printer's device on t.p and last page.
Citation/references note
Adams, P727
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College on the verso of the t.p.
Provenance
A few annotations by an early English hand on [10]8v; columns 234, 294, 474, 482.
Binding
17th (?) century mid brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border; remains of tacks for chain; six raised bands with alum-tawed skin supports and blind tooled fillets; gold titling on red leather on spine; three additional flyleaves on front and two on back of books; 'Perotti Cornucopia' written on fore-edge; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks Cg.3.6 and Cg.3.4.
Subject
Subject
Latin language Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Curio, Valentinus, ? - d. 1532 printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Identifier
B50208