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tic01006000

Text-inc Id:
tic01006000
Bod-inc Id:
C-499
Headings:
Curtius Rufus, Quintus Historiae Alexandri Magni [Italian] La Historia d'Alexandro Magno.
Analysis of content:
  1. a1r Curtius Rufus, Quintus: La Historia d'Alexandro Magno. Translated by Petrus Candidus Decembrius, as stated in the title. Dedicated to Philippus Maria [Visconti], Duke of Milan (1412-47). Incipit: ‘[A]lexandro in questo mezo mandato Eleandro(!) con molta pecunia . . .’ ed. Pisa (1975), but probably a modern Italian translation from Latin
  2. D2r Decembrius, Petrus Candidus: Comparazione di Caio Julio Cesare et d'Alexandro Magno. Dedicated to Philippus Maria, Duke of Milan. Incipit: ‘[I]o credo, serenissimo principe, che fra molte singulare [e] gioconde quistione . . .’
Imprint:
Florence: Apud Sanctum Jacobum de Ripoli, 1478. Folio.
Collation:
a8 b–f6 g h I l–q4 r ſ2 t u4 x–z [et] [con] A–D8.
References:
Source: Bodleian ISTC: ic01006000 GW 7877; HCR 5888 = H 5889; Goff C‑1006; BMC VI 622; Pr 6100; Oates 2331; Sheppard 5072. LCN: 14817986
Copies:
  1. C-499(1) Copy Binding: Eighteenth-century(?) quarter calf; marbled pastedowns. Size: 275 × 212 × 30 mm. Size of leaf: 270 × 198 mm. Early marginal notes bleached out leaving the leaves brown and brittle. Provenance: Purchased for £5. 13. 6; see Books Purchased (1857), 19 (1476). SHELFMARK: Auct. 5Q 5.24.