tip00407000

Text-inc Id:

tip00407000

Bod-inc Id:

P-169

Headings:

Petrarca, Francesco De remediis utriusque fortunae.

Analysis of content:

1. [*1r] [List of contents.]
2. [a1r] [Petrarca, Francesco: De remediis utriusque fortunae, dedicated to Azo [Corrigius.] Petrarcha, Opera (1554), 1-254.

Imprint:

[Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein?, c.1475?]. Folio. Pr and BMC assign to [Esslingen: Conrad Fyner]. V. Scholderer assigns to [Strasbourg: Printer of the 1472 Aquinas ‘Summa'] in Gb Jb (1950), 168, repr. in Fifty Essays in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-century Bibliography (Amsterdam, 1966), 224-8; Ohly argues for Heinrich Eggestein as printer.

Collation:

[a–e¹⁰ f¹²⁺² g¹⁰ h¹²⁺¹ i–m¹⁰ n¹² o–q¹⁰ r⁸ s¹⁰ *⁴].

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ip00407000 HC *12790; Goff P‑407; BMC II 514; Pr 2475; BSB‑Ink P‑262; CIBN P‑162; Oates 1146-7; K. Ohly, ‘Eggestein, Fyner, Knoblochtzer', Gb Jb (1962), 122-35, at 125; Rhodes 1360; Sack, Freiburg, 2742; V. Scholderer, ‘Notes on the Incunabula of Esslingen', Gb Jb (1950), 167-71, at 168; Sheppard 272. LCN: 14494321

Copies:

1. P-169(1) Copy Bound with:
   2. Francesco Petrarca, Secretum de contemptu mundi. De vita solitaria [Strasbourg: The R‑printer (Johann Mentelin/Adolf Rusch), not after 1473] (P‑171(1)). Signature [k1v] bears the text for [p1r], where it reappears differently set. The text on [k1v] has been crossed out with a pen. The blank leaf [h5] cut away. Gathering [*] bound at the beginning. Binding: Contemporary German (Hildesheim, Lüchtenhof) blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, with two metal clasps and catches. Triple fillets form a triple frame. Within the outer frame a repeated foliate staff stamp. In the inner rectangle curved-outline tools make up merrythoughts, each containing a circular rosette stamp. Flat or knotted leather index tabs, coloured red or green; see Bod-inc. G‑324. The foliate staff with flowers is also found on Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, 82.19. Quodl., Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, 62.6 Qu., Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, E303.2° Helmst., and Hildesheim, Dombibliothek, J 95, all with provenances from Hildesheim, Lüchtenhof, ex informatione Jürgen Geiß, 19 June 1997). Size: 293 × 210 × 80 mm. Size of leaf: 273 × 192 mm. Erased contemporary inscriptions on front and rear pastedowns. Initials and capital strokes are supplied in red. Provenance: Richard Heber (1773-1833); see Catalogue, 2 (1834), lot 4923. Purchased for £2. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1834), 22. SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q 3.30(1).