B32363
Shelfmark
Fe.9.01
Author
Virgil
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Opera
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lutetiae, :, Ex officina Rob. Stephani typographi regij.,, M. D. XLIX. [1549]
Physical description
607, [1] p. ;, 12 cm.
Note
One of two books printed with Robert Estienne's smallest italic type.
Note
Signatures: a-z⁸ A-P⁸ Aa-Ll⁸ (Ll8 blank).
Note
Includes "P. Virgilii Maronis vita, per Aelium Donatum ... edita." (pp. 585-607).
Note
"Errata": p. 607.
Note
Printer's device on title page.
Citation/references note
Adams,, V490
Citation/references note
Schreiber,, no.103
Citation/references note
Renouard,, 75
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751, and with hid ms. ex-libris dated 1714 on the front flyleaf.
Provenance
Ms. ex-libris on title-page: "Gualterus Ralegh" and "Gualteri Ralegh equitis aurati a.d. 1609 a.a. 15", i.e. Sir Walter Raleigh, son of the statesman Sir Walter Raleigh, aged 15; with motto in Latin.
Provenance
Ms. ex-libris on title-page: "Willielmus Felaterus".
Provenance
Additional ownership inscriptions on first page of text and on final page, cropped by the binder or struck through in ink.
Binding
16th-century English brown calf binding, possibly by Williamson (note in card catalogue); gold double fillet borders crossed at corners; spine decoration formed of four gold fillets; red morocco spine-label; traces of two pairs of ties.
Copy-specific note
Marginal annotations and underlinings in ink in ?Raleigh's hand in the "Bucolica" and the first book of the "Georgica".
Copy-specific note
Previously Fc.8.15.
Added entry--name
Estienne, Robert, printer.
Added entry--name
Donatus, Aelius, Vita Vergilii.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, former owner.
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent, binder.
Added entry--place
France, Paris.
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