(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,
his catalogue (see~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. xlviii, col. ii); sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and
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
his catalogue (see~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, Addenda, & Corrigenda in superiori Catalogo~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. xlviii, col. ii); 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
Initial 'I'(n) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 2 of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part
Historiated initial 'E'(t) with an old man, and a full border with heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird,
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,