In two parts, dated: (I) [29] Mar. 1499; (II) [not before 17 Apr.
1499]. Part II bound first.
Extent: *⁶ α–σ¹² ζη⁸ θ¹⁰ ι–τ⁸ ττ⁶ υ–ω
Α–Γ⁸ Δ⁴; ²α–ε⁸ ²ζη⁶ ²θ–ρ⁸ ²σ⁶. 218
× 155 × 64 mm (size of leaf: 212 × 157 mm).
Binding: Early sixteenth-century (Rome, c.1500-10) dark olive-brown
goatskin over grooved boards; bound in imitation of a Greek
binding. On the upper cover multiple fillets form a border and two
concentric frames; the inner rectangle is divided into three
sections by two sets of horizontal multiple fillets; within the
outer border a repeated foliate tool; within the outer frame a
repeated scroll tool, gilt, now mainly worn off; in the head and
tail sections of the inner rectangle a repeated framed rosette
stamp, gilt, now mainly worn off; in the central section a
plaquette of Julius Caesar, head and shoulders, laureate, facing
right, toga clasped on the right shoulder, lettered DIVI IVLI. On
the lower cover multiple fillets form a border and three concentric
frames; within the outer border the repeated foliate tool, as on
the upper cover; within the first frame a repeated scroll tool,
gilt; within the second frame a smaller foliate stamp; in the inner
rectangle two rows of the framed rosette tool, gilt. Some
impressions of the smaller foliate tool on the lower cover and of
the larger foliate tool on the upper cover have been coloured
white, possibly by a later hand. Two double-thong clasps, now
wanting, were hinged on the lower cover and fastened on pins, now
wanting, on the edge of the upper cover. Gilt edges, gauffered: on
the fore-edge with knotwork tools in compartments outlined by lines
of S‑tools and dotted lines; on the other edges by a diaper of
double roundels inside dotted diagonals, inside a border of
S‑tools flanked by dotted lines. Greek double headbands of dark
brown silk. Sewn on three split thongs. Bands divided and outlined
by three or four blind lines. Compartments empty. New
endleaves.
Provenance: Erased inscription on the title-page, figure 8 at the
head of the same page, and slight offset from an inscription on the
now absent front endleaf. Edwin Henry Lawrence (fl. 1820; †1891),
exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition of
Bookbindings, 1891, G. 13; sale (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson &
Hodge, 9 May 1892), lot 207, for £5. 5. 0, to ‘James'. Thomas
Ryburn Buchanan (1846-1911). Presented by Mrs Buchanan in 1941.
Place
Preferred form
Venice (Veneto, Italy)
Original form
Venice
Other form
Venise
Venise (?)
Italie (Venise ?).
Venetia
Italy, Venice
Venetian Workshop
[Venice]
Italy, Florentine Venice
Venetian
Venice (Italy)
Hieronymus Mazza, van Venetië (1550) ; Chistophorus Masinus (17e eeuw)
