tiv00027000

Text-inc Id:

tiv00027000

Bod-inc Id:

V-011

Headings:

Valerius Maximus, Gaius Facta et dicta memorabilia (ed. Bonus Accursius).

Analysis of content:

1. [a2r] Accursius, Bonus: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus Simoneta. ‘Magnifico equiti aurato et sapientissimo ac ducali secretario Ciccho Simonetae'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uo magis de te ac tuis praestantissimis summisque uirtutibus cogito . . .’ Accursius' letter includes a commentary on Valerius Maximus' preface and references to his editing of the text. View entry in Person Index
2. [a3r] [Table.] ‘Rubricae'. Incipit: ‘Capitula primi libri. De religione . . .’
3. [a4r] Valerius Maximus, [Gaius]: ‘Prologus' [dedicating the work to] Tiberius Caesar. Edited by Bonus Accursius, as stated in his letter. V. Max. Proem.
4. [a4r] Valerius, Maximus, [Gaius]: Facta et dicta memorabilia. ‘Factorum et dictorum memoralium(!)'. ‘De cultu deorum'. Edited by Bonus Accursius, as stated in his letter. V. Max. See CTC V 302.
5. [aa1r] [Preface to the table.] Incipit: ‘[U]t haec tabula Valerii cuilibet prosit . . .’
6. [aa1v] [Table.] Incipit: ‘[A]bsoluit deus innocentes miraculis quae ostendit . . .’

Imprint:

Milan: Antonius Zarotus, 26 Oct. 1475. Folio.

Collation:

[a–p⁸ q¹⁰ aa bb⁸ cc⁶].

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: iv00027000 HC *15777; Goff V‑27; BMC VI 713; Pr 5792; BSB‑Ink V‑14; CIBN V‑18; Sheppard 4839. LCN: 14802606

Copies:

1. V-011(1) Copy Binding: Eighteenth-century French gold-tooled mottled and speckled calf; bound by Mouillié. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Seven-panelled spine featuring framed bird tool. Gilt title on red leather label in the second panel, imprint and date on green leather label in the third panel. Gilt-edged leaves. Marbled pastedowns. On the verso of the front endleaf a label reading “Relié par MOUILLIE Rue S. Jacques, Hôtel de la Couture, No. 65” [the 5 is in pen and the original engraved figure was probably 69]; salmon pink silk bookmark. See Barber, ‘Baroque to Neoclassicism', no. 39. Size: 328 × 238 × 42 mm. Size of leaf: 319 × 222 mm. On [a1r] two notes in a contemporary French hand: ‘Item iiii^s dc^c u L[ ]ua ‘. Roman leaf numbers supplied in a sixteenth-century(?) hand. Two- to five-line initials are supplied in alternate red or blue, some with reserved white decoration. Provenance: Franciscus de Bonetis (fifteenth century); inscription on [a1r] ‘Francischus de Bonetis S. P. D.' Purchased for £3. 4. 0; see Books Purchased (1790), 8. SHELFMARK: Auct. N 4.1.