Xenophon, opera Xenophontis, [Lyon, Jacques Myt? for Baldazare de Gabiano? or Barthélemy Trot? 1504?], nineteenth-century half vellum

Xenophon. In hoc volumine continentur infrascripta opera Xenophontis. [Lyon: Jacques Myt? for Baldazare de Gabiano? or Barthélemy Trot? 1504?]

A second copy of the Lyonese counterfeit.

8vo (165 x 93 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-Y⁸ AA-EE⁸ FF⁴: 220 leaves. (Title and A2 slightly soiled and loose, minor staining and foxing, a few small wormholes to last quire, text block splitting in a few places.)

binding: Nineteenth-century half vellum over black and yellow marbled boards (175 x 100 mm), black-tooled title to spine with manuscript additions "1505 | Lyon," paper shelfmark at foot of spine. (Rubbed, renewed endleaves, rear joint starting.)

acquisition: Purchased from Lathrop C. Harper Inc., New York, 1979. references: UCLA 1116; Renouard 308/20; FB 91267; USTC 142970; Baudrier, VII, 17; Shaw 41