tid00210000

Text-inc Id:

tid00210000

Bod-inc Id:

D-069

Headings:

Diodorus Siculus Bibliothecae historicae libri VI.

Analysis of content:

1. [a2r] [Table of contents.]
2. [b2r] [Poggius Florentinus: Introductory letter.] ‘Prohemium', [addressed to Nicolaus V, Pont. Max.] Incipit: ‘[N]ullus antea quantum vis praeclarus rerum scriptor . . .’ Explicit: ipse Diodorus loquatur
3. [b2v] [Table of contents for Book I.]
4. [b2v] Diodorus Siculus: Bibliothecae historicae libri VI. Translated by Poggius Florentinus, as stated in his letter of introduction. Incipit: ‘[M]agnas merito gratias rerum scriptoribus homines debet . . .’ Explicit: scribetur a nobis This work, in five books in the original Greek, is in six in the Latin translation.
5. [n5r] [Colophon.]
6. [o1r] Tacitus, [Publius] Cornelius: Germania. Tac. Ger.

Imprint:

Bologna: [Balthasar Azoguidus], 1472. Folio and 4°.

Collation:

[a² b¹⁰ c–g⁸ h⁶ i–m⁸ n⁶ o⁸]. Collation as GW and Quaquarelli, ‘Azzoguidi'; Sheppard collated as BMC: [a¹⁰ b–f⁸ g⁶ h–l⁸ m⁶ n⁸]. 104 leaves, as Quaquarelli, ‘Azzoguidi'; BMC records 102 leaves.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: id00210000 GW 8374; HCR 6188; Goff D‑210; BMC VI 799; Pr 6516; Sack, Freiburg, 1252; Quaquarelli, ‘Azzoguidi', 61-2; Sheppard 5289-90. LCN: 14815858, 14815948

Copies:

1. D-069(1) First copy Wanting gathering [o], containing Tacitus's Germania, and the blank leaves [a1], [b1] and [n6]. Leaf [i4] bound after [i5]. Binding: Eighteenth-century French blue (olive-green?) morocco, with gold triple fillets on both covers, a gold roll of zig-zag fillets and fern tips on the turn-ins, and the spine decorated with a gold acorn stamp; gilt-edged leaves; marbled pastedowns; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Size: 288 × 218 × 25 mm. Size of leaf: 281 × 204 mm. Some marginal annotations, extracting key words, and pointing hands. Manuscript pagination supplied. Provenance: Paul Girardot de Préfond (†after c.1800)(?); ‘n° 4766 B. J. D. B.' and n° 53 on the front endleaf. P in pencil inside upper cover; a white label with manuscript no. in pencil: ‘53'; not found in 1757 sale catalogue. Purchased for £2. 12. 6; see Books Purchased (1815), 2. SHELFMARK: Auct. K 3.24a.
2. D-069(2) Second copy Wanting the blank leaves [a1] and [o8]. Binding: Parchment over pasteboards; marbled pastedowns; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Size: 288 × 218 × 33 mm. Size of leaf: 283 × 211 mm. Frequent early marginal notes, in one hand in both black and red ink, mainly extracting proper names; also notes in a slightly later hand. Provenance: Purchased for £1. 0. 0; see Books Purchased (1819), 3. SHELFMARK: Auct. K 3.24b.