Biblia. [Latin]
Basel: Johann Froben, 27 June 1491.
8vo. π4 a-y8 A-Z8 1-108 114 2118 2A-E8. [496] leaves (a1, 2E7-8 blank).
ISTC ib00592000; GW 4269; Goff B592; BMC III 789 (IA. 37873); Bod-inc B-300; CIBN B-416; BSB-Ink B-466.
| GIP number: | B63 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Euing Du-i.26 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Note: | 211/3-6 (ff. 451-454) misbound between 11/2 and 11/3 (ff. 446 and 447). |
| Provenance: | Tussanus Michael Jerosme de la Verdière (18th century): 'tussanus michael jerosme de la verdière' on a1r. William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: source unknown; Euing's pencil shelfmark "VII.e.13", price code "B/L" together with his early inventory number "No 3" on front free endpaper. University of Glasgow: Euing bequest, 1874. |
| Binding: | France (Paris), 19th-century, gold-tooled black grained goatskin; covers have a border formed from a decorative roll between double fillets with a fleuron at each corner; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gilt-edged leaves; pink silk bookmark; signed in gilt at foot of spine “Relié par Simier”. Size: 172 x 112 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 162 x 101 mm. |
| Annotations: | Numerous marginal annotations and nota marks in early hands; occasional manicules. |
| Decoration: | Fourteen-line initial “F” on a2r supplied in blue with white tracery on a square ground of crimson with tracery in dull gold; other initials supplied in red or blue. |
| Imperfections: | Wanting 2A-E8. |
