(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.
(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.
the 1907 edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 3378 (Venice, 1478 and 1479). Decorated headpieces. Large decorated initials. Plutus (ff. 1-76v); Nubes (ff. 77-171) The Minutoli-Tegrimi family, of Lucca,
the 1907 edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 3378 (Venice, 1478 and 1479). Decorated headpieces. Large decorated initials. Plutus (ff. 1-76v); Nubes (ff. 77-171) The Minutoli-Tegrimi family, of Lucca,
the 1907 edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 3378 (Venice, 1478 and 1479). Decorated headpieces. Large decorated initials. Plutus (ff. 1-76v); Nubes (ff. 77-171) The Minutoli-Tegrimi family, of Lucca,
Elegies) (ff. 1-70); followed by two short texts (ff. 70-71) Copied from the 1493 reprint of the 1487 Beroaldus edition (Venice, Simon Bevilaqua), according to Butrica.Jonathan Toup (b. 1713 d. 1785), philologer and classical editor: his sale, 10 May 1786,
of the arts: listed in his catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 420; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and art collection,
catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 37, col. 1; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 37, col. 1; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 43, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uanquam), the tail formed of a winged dragon-like creature; the lower margin with a partial border incorporating the Gonzaga arms, at the beginning of Cicero's Orationes. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial
Initial 'A'(nimadverti) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Cluentio. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of
initials alternately plain blue or red. Epistolae ad familiares Probably written before 1455: an oration made to the Doge of Venice by Galeazzo Maria Sforza in that year is added in a later hand on f. 2v.Mario Maffei (b. 1463,
Foliate headpiece with four roundels enclosing birds and busts, and foliate border three roundels enclosing a bust and two armorial shields, (the border is possibly a later addition), at the beginning of Diogenes Laertius's De vitis philosophorum. ff. 137-144
Elegies) (ff. 1-70); followed by two short texts (ff. 70-71) Copied from the 1493 reprint of the 1487 Beroaldus edition (Venice, Simon Bevilaqua), according to Butrica.Jonathan Toup (b. 1713 d. 1785), philologer and classical editor: his sale, 10 May 1786,
1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v, 137, 142v,
1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v, 137, 142v,
1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v, 137, 142v,
catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 43, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 43, col. 1); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and