Caption title.
Imprint from ISTC.
Sometimes erroneously attributed to John of Salisbury.
This edition, founded on that of Pynson, retains a few of the English glosses supplied by W.H. (i.e. William Horman). Cf. Duff, 122.
Signatures: a⁶.
Imperfections: On leaf a4v the impression of the first word of the text and all but the last word of the gloss are lost, apparently because of a loose piece of paper having slipped between the type and the paper on the press.
Binding: Full calf, gold-tooled and gold-ruled; marbled endsheets.
Provenance: The Brandt-Heber-York Minster copy -- Purchased from Rosenbach, 11 July 1952.
Miscellaneous: Initials; printed marginal notes.
References:
Duff,
118
Goff,
D-164
GW,
8283
Harman, M. Incunabula in the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign (1979),
330
ISTC (online),
id00164000
Laurenti, Joseph L. "Eight Unique Incunabula in the University of Illinois Library." In Analytical & Enumerative Bibliography,
n.s., v.7, no.4 (1993), p. 205-211, no.2
Contributor:
John,
d. 1180,
attributed name.
Poitevin, Jean,
fl. ca. 1500,
printer.
Horman, William,
d. 1535,
associated name.
Heber, Richard,
1773-1833,
former owner.