B16313

Shelfmark

DDf.6.05

Main entry - uniform title

De viris illustribus Romae

Title

C. Plinii. II. oratoris Veronensis de viris illustribus feliciter liber incipit.

Publication, distribution, etc.

[Rome] :, [G. Sachsel and B. Golsch],, [ca. 1475?].

Physical description

[348] leaves ;, 4to.

Note

Previously Cd.2.4.10, and Df.6.5.

Note

Ascribed to Pliny the Younger, but probably wrongly. Also sometimes ascribed to Sextus Aurelius Victor.

Note

No title-page; catalogued from opening to leaf 3r. Openeing text (leaf 2r) reads "Angelus Tiphernas Iustino S.D. ...".

Note

Place of printing and printer from BMC; date tentatively assumed from date of event mentioned in epigram on leaf 2v (Sept. 1474).

Note

Incomplete: wants first (blank) leaf.

Note

Loose sheet of ms. notes on authorship and edition.

Citation/references note

Hain 2129; Proctor 3482; Goff P720; BMC IV 55

Provenance

Label of Eton College Library.

Provenance

Ms. note reading "Storer Collection"; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.

Binding

?19th century gold-tooled morocco.

Subject

Classical biography, Early works to 1500.

Added entry--name

Tiphernas, Angelus.

Added entry--name

Pliny, the Younger.

Added entry--name

Victor, Sextus Aurelius

Added entry--place

Italy, Rome.

001B16313

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096##$aDDf.6.05

1300#$aDe viris illustribus Romae

24500$aC. Plinii. II. oratoris Veronensis de viris illustribus feliciter liber incipit.

260##$a[Rome] :$b[G. Sachsel and B. Golsch],$c[ca. 1475?].

300##$a[348] leaves ;$c4to.

500##$aPreviously Cd.2.4.10, and Df.6.5.

500##$aAscribed to Pliny the Younger, but probably wrongly. Also sometimes ascribed to Sextus Aurelius Victor.

500##$aNo title-page; catalogued from opening to leaf 3r. Openeing text (leaf 2r) reads "Angelus Tiphernas Iustino S.D. ...".

500##$aPlace of printing and printer from BMC; date tentatively assumed from date of event mentioned in epigram on leaf 2v (Sept. 1474).

500##$aIncomplete: wants first (blank) leaf.

500##$aLoose sheet of ms. notes on authorship and edition.

5104#$aHain 2129; Proctor 3482; Goff P720; BMC IV 55

561##$aLabel of Eton College Library.

561##$aMs. note reading "Storer Collection"; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.

563##$a?19th century gold-tooled morocco.

650#0$aClassical biography$xEarly works to 1500.

7001#$aTiphernas, Angelus.

7000#$aPliny$cthe Younger.

7001#$aVictor, Sextus Aurelius.

752##$aItaly$dRome.