tis00448600

Text-inc Id:

tis00448600

Bod-inc Id:

S-171

Headings:

Septem Sapientes Romae Historia septem sapientium Romae.

Analysis of content:

1. a1r ‘Praefatio'. Incipit: ‘[C]omposita pridem calumnie nouercalis historia quae septem sapientum dicitur, pulchro quidem argumento . . .’
2. a2r [Historia septem sapientium Romae.] ‘Historia de calumnia nouercali'. ‘De nuptiis regis et nato filio et morte uxoris'. Incipit: ‘[R]ex quidam domi et foris bello et pace egregius . . .’ A different version of the Historia to that in S‑170. For the textual differences between these versions, see VL VIII 1181; Moldenhauer, ‘Verzeichnis der Drucke', 334-5 no. 6. See also S‑170.

Imprint:

Antwerp: Gerard Leeu, 6 Nov. 1490. 4°.

Collation:

a–h⁶ i k⁴. 11 woodcuts, found also in Koelhoff's Latin edition (Cologne, 1490 (see S‑172)) and in Leeu's Dutch edition (Antwerp, 1488). Woodcut initials. Last gathering signed ‘i j' in error. For discussion of the collation see BMC.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00448600 HC 8724; BMC IX 195; Pr 9394; Boekdrukkunst, 134; BSB‑Ink H‑294; Campbell 950; CIBN H‑154; HPT II 420; ILC 1953; Inventaris, 198; Oates 3929; Sheppard 7232-3. LCN: 14052730, 14052810

Copies:

1. S-171(1) First copy Wanting a1. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf over marbled paper boards; gilt title on a red leather label on the spine; marbled pastedowns. Size: 187 × 132 × 17 mm. Size of leaf: 175 × 121 mm. A jotting in a sixteenth-century Netherlandish hand on k4v. Bibliographical notes in Douce's hand on a sheet attached to the front pastedown. Provenance: Francis Douce (1757-1834); book-plate. Bequeathed in 1834. SHELFMARK: Douce 42.
2. S-171(2) Second copy Fragment. Gatherings i and k only. Binding: Nineteenth-century half maroon morocco with maroon cloth boards; green paper wrapper. Size: 166 × 121 × 6 mm. Provenance: Francis Douce (1757-1834); book-plate. Bequeathed in 1834. SHELFMARK: Douce Fragm. f.36.