A. Gellii viri disertissimi Noctium atticarum libri .XX. summa accuratione Ioannis Connelli Carnoten[sis]. ad recognitionem Beroaldinam repositi: cum Alphabetico indice.
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| Alternative Title: | Noctium Atticarum libri XX Attic nights |
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| Language: | Latin |
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Parhisiis :
Prostat in [a]edibus Oliuerij Senant in diui Iacobi vico Parhisijs (sub diu[a]e Barbare intersignio) moram trahentis,
1515.
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| Collection: | Stearne |
| Item Description: | Device of Olivier Senant on title page. Woodcut initials. Conservation note at the back from 2019. Annotated in Latin and underlined throughout. Pages have been trimmed with the loss of some marginal notes. Proof of cutting on Fo. CLII. Colophon: Accipite Romanae militiae studiosi adulescentes q[uam] diligentissimi Auli Gellij noctes micantissimas. In quibus vigilias somnumq[ue] vestrum reponatis pacatissime. Sint vobis manuale enchiridionq[ue]. Nihil e[ni]m Gellio duce in latialis eloquij floribus occurret expetendum. Impressas rursum ad exe[m]plar Beroaldinae recognitionis in [a]edibus quide[m] Nicolai de pratis impen[n]sis vero Oliuerii Senant bibliopolae iurati: anno salutis nostrae .M.DXV. pridie Kale[n]das Ianuarias.' |
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| Physical Description: | 4to |
| Published References: | Mirjam M. Foot's The Decorated Bindings in Marsh's Library, 2004 page 24. |
| Bound With: | 20th-century typed note mentioning binding made at Cambridge c. 1515 by Garrett Godfrey. |
| Provenance Note: | Several inscriptions on title page including: 'Liber Humphreidi Owens 1677'; 'vixit 3a aetate'; 'liber Ioh[ann]is [loppdell]; and 'John Eli...' 'Liber Joh[ann]is loppdell' inscribed twice on a1r. Bookplate of Bishop Stearne pasted onto front pastedown. |
| Binding Note: | Blind tooled brown calf over paste-board with two rolls by Garret Godfrey, one with a wyvern, a griffin and a lion, the other with heraldic emblems, both signed GG. Traces of two pairs of clasps, hinging on the upper cover. Sewn on three cords which have been laced in. The spine shows marks of rope or cords used to tie up the binding as it was drying after the leather had been pasted onto the boards. The endbands have been sewn with a brownish thread over alum-tawed cores, now broken at the joint, and have been tied down into the gatherings. The edges are sprinkled in red and the endleaves consist of white paper paste-downs conjugate with a stub and a free leaf, also conjugate with a sub. |
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