tis00379000

Text-inc Id:

tis00379000

Bod-inc Id:

S-133

Headings:

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Epistolae ad Lucilium, et al.

Analysis of content:

1. [a2r] Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: Epistolae ad Lucilium. Sen. Ep.; see S‑131. This was the editio princeps; see Fohlen, ‘Les premières éditions', 350-1 (group I no. 1).
2. [A6v] Hieronymus: [Extract from De uiris illustribus.] See S‑131.
3. [A6v] Seneca, Lucius Annaeus [pseudo-; Sanctus] Paulus [pseudo-]: ‘Epistolae Senecae et Pauli'. See S‑131.
4. [A9r] ‘Epitaphium Senecae'. See S‑131.

Imprint:

[Strasbourg: The R‑Printer (Johann Mentelin and Adolf Rusch), c.1474]. Folio. CIBN dates to [1475].

Collation:

[a⁸ b¹⁰ c¹⁰⁺¹ d e¹⁰ f⁶ g⁸ h i¹⁰ k¹² l m¹⁰ n o⁶ p q¹⁰ r s⁶ t–x¹⁰ y⁶⁺¹ z⁶ A¹⁰].

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00379000 HC 14597; BMC I 62; Pr 243; BSB‑Ink S‑260; CIBN S‑189; Rhodes 1604; Sack, Freiburg, 3202; Sheppard 221-2. LCN: 14052358

Copies:

1. S-133(1) First copy Wanting the blank leaves [a1] and [A10] Binding: Eighteenth-century green morocco, the spine gold-tooled. See Barber, ‘Baroque to Neoclassicism', no. 42: ‘Green morocco; triple fillets with rose stamp at the intersections. Spine with floral swag and ornamented rolls, lettered directly . . . The binding has many features in common with that of no. 31' [i.e. MS. Douce 113 bound by N. D. Derome]. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers; marbled pastedowns; pink silk bookmark. Size: 291 × 209 × 40 mm. Size of leaf: 280 × 192 mm. One or two marginal annotations to the text, in a contemporary German hand, supplying underlining and comments on the text. At the beginning are bound four leaves containing a table of contents in a contemporary French hand. On [a2r] a seven-line initial ‘I' is supplied in blue, framed by red pen-work in the shape of a square, with extensions into the margins. Other initials are supplied in red or blue ink. Pilcrows, capital strokes, and underlinings are supplied in red. Provenance: Porrentruy, Switzerland, Jesuits; see ‘Collegii Soc. Jesu Bruntruti' on the recto of the front endleaf. Purchased for £6. 6. 0; see Books Purchased (1802), 2. SHELFMARK: Auct. N 3.27
2. S-133(2) Second copy Wanting the blank leaf [A10]. Sheets l2.9 and l4.7 have been transposed in binding. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf over green cloth. Size: 295 × 216 × 33 mm. Size of leaf: 287 × 198 mm. On [a1r] ‘Epistole Senece' in a contemporary hand. On [a2r] a seven-line initial ‘I' is supplied in red. Elsewhere initials, pilcrows, and capital strokes are supplied in red. Provenance: Purchased for £2. 18. 0; see Books Purchased (1836), 31. SHELFMARK: Auct. Q 3.16.