M. Annei Lvcani Cordvbensis Pharsaliae liber primvs-[decimvs].
Lucan,39-65.
Vacca.
Guerinus,active 1477,printer.
Martial.Epigrammata.Selections
Tacitus, Cornelius.Annales.Liber 15, 48-49.
de Vescy family,former owner.StEdNL
Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr,Marquis of,1882-1940,former owner.StEdNL
Lothian family,former owner.StEdNL
[Venice : Guerinus,
14 May 1477]
Title from caption at head of a1 recto.
Text begins on verso of pi1: M. Annei Lvcani vita ex commentario antiqviss
Imprint from ISTC.
Life of Lucan by Vacca; cf. Bodleian Lib. 15th cent.
On leaf p5r: two epigrams of Martial on Lucan and an extract from Tacitus relating to Lucan.
Colophon (leaf p4v, in verse): Quam ueniant grandes Lucani in carmina musae? ... Ergo cape: & iuuenem Guerinum ad sydera tollas. Lucanum Veneta docte qui impresserit urbe. Impressum est hoc opus anno a Natiuitate Christi M. CCCC. LXXVII die xiiii mensis Maii.
Signatures: pi² a-o⁸ p⁶ (p6 blank).
35 lines. Type: 114 R. Capital space with guide letter at beginning of each book. First letter of each line set out.
Printed on sheets of "chancery"--Size paper.
a1 recto has illuminated initials and painted flora and fauna.
Washed out marginal annotations.
Hain-Copinger
Proctor
Goff
BM 15th cent.,
ISTC
Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books,
BN cat. des incun.,
Bodleian Lib. 15th cent.,
IDL
IGI
Madsen
Oates
BSB-Ink
Rhodes, Oxford Colleges,
Armorial shield bearing the de Vescy arms painted at foot of a1 recto. Part of the Newbattle collection, bequeathed to the Library by Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian and acquired in 1950.
Leather with elaborate gilt rolled border on front and back boards, gilt rolled edges, gilt stamped spine with six raised bands and marbled endpapers.
Lucan, 39-65
Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C.
Italy Venice.