til00221000

Text-inc Id:

til00221000

Bod-inc Id:

L-110

Headings:

Lilius, Zacharias De origine et laudibus scientiarum, et al.

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Title-page.]
2. a1v Ciafferus, Sebastianus: [Letter addressed to] Antonius Galeacius Bentivolus. Incipit: ‘[C]atonem Priscum legimus, obseruandissime domine, uirum . . .’
3. a2r Lilius, Zacharias: De origine et laudibus scientiarum. Dedicated to Gabriel Vicentinus. Incipit: ‘[C]um superioris aetatis excellentes uiros . . .’
4. e1v [Table of contents.]
5. e2r Lilius, Zacharias: [Letter addressed to] Augustinus Papiensis. Incipit: ‘[L]ibellum contra Antipodes quem nuper paucis . . .’
6. e2r Lilius, Zacharias: Contra Antipodes. Incipit: ‘[I]ngentem nunc aggredimur pugnam . . .’
7. f6r Lilius, Zacharias: De miseria hominis et contemptu mundi. Dedicated to Matthaeus Bossus. Incipit: ‘[C]um multa diuinitus a maioribus . . .’
8. h9r Lilius, Zacharias: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Donatus. Incipit: ‘[C]um saepe et diligenter animo . . .’
9. i1r Lilius, Zacharias: [Letter addressed to] Matthaeus Bossus. Incipit: ‘[S]tatueram sane, reuerende pater, in fine operis . . .’
10. i1r Lilius, Zacharias: De generibus ventorum. Incipit: ‘[V]entorum discretas esse regiones . . .’
11. i4r [Woodcut:] ‘Figura octo ventorum.’
12. i4v [Woodcut:] ‘Figura duodecim ventorum.’
13. i5r Lilius, Zacharias: [Letter addressed to] Gabriel Vicentinus. Incipit: ‘[C]um frequenter imperitum uulgus . . .’
14. i5r Lilius, Zacharias: Vita Caroli Magni. Incipit: ‘[C]arolus Francorum rex cui ob magnitudinem rerum . . .’
15. i7v [Colophon.]
16. i8r ‘Registrum.’
17. i8r ‘Emendata post impressionem.’

Imprint:

Florence: Francesco Bonaccorsi, for Piero Pacini, 7 Apr. 1496. 4°.

Collation:

a–c⁸ d⁶ e–i⁸. Woodcut maps and initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: il00221000 HC 10103; Goff L‑221; BMC VI 675; Pr 6316; Campbell, Maps, 86; CIBN L‑172; Hillard 1228; Sander 3978; Sheppard 5223-4. Microfiche: Unit 3: Image of the World: Geography and Cosmography. LCN: 14502257, 14502304

Copies:

1. L-110(1) First copy Binding: Eighteenth-century calf; marbled pastedowns and green silk bookmark. Rebacked in the nineteenth century with morocco. Size: 212 × 145 × 22 mm. Size of leaf: 204 × 136 mm. A few marginal notes, mainly extracting key words, in an early hand. Heber's note on front endleaf: ‘Vienna 1819 (p. 24 no. 196)'. Provenance: Purchased by Heber for £0. 10. 0, according to the price in red ink in Heber's sale catalogue. Richard Heber (1773-1833); see Catalogue, 5 (1835), lot 2526, sold for £0. 2. 0. Purchased for £0. 3. 6 according to Books Purchased (1835), 18. SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q 5.59.
2. L-110(2) Second copy Bound with L‑109; see there for details of binding and provenance. Size of leaf: 202 × 133 mm. Wanting the leaves a1, g1.8, and gathering h. A variant, without ‘emendata post impressionem' on i8r. SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q inf. 2.9(1).