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Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- ink and paper
Pharsaliae liber [with commentary by Ognibene Bonisoli "Omnibonus Vincentinus"]. Venice: Nicolaus Battibovis, "tertio idus maii" [13 May] 1486
Chancery folio (11 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.; 298 x 206 mm), type 109R for text, 79R for commentary, 57 lines plus headline, collation: a-x8, y, z, &6=[186] leaves, 16c marginalia and underlining; first leaf laid down on endleaf with hole and tears affecting a few words, occasional marginal soiling and staining, some leaves washed obscuring (but not obliterating) marginalia, some marginalia shaved, small inkstains on leaves d4 and l7, dampstain in lower margin of quires n-p with minor paper fraying, worm punctures in last few leaves. 19th-century vellum, gilt-stamped title on spine.
Chancery folio (11 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.; 298 x 206 mm), type 109R for text, 79R for commentary, 57 lines plus headline, collation: a-x8, y, z, &6=[186] leaves, 16c marginalia and underlining; first leaf laid down on endleaf with hole and tears affecting a few words, occasional marginal soiling and staining, some leaves washed obscuring (but not obliterating) marginalia, some marginalia shaved, small inkstains on leaves d4 and l7, dampstain in lower margin of quires n-p with minor paper fraying, worm punctures in last few leaves. 19th-century vellum, gilt-stamped title on spine.
Literature
HC 10238*; Goff L302; CIBN L-237; BMC V, 405; BSB-Ink L-232
Condition
hole and tears in first leaf affecting a few words and laid down on first endleaf, occasional marginal soiling and staining, small inkstains on leaves d4 and l7, dampstain in lower margin of quires n-p with minor paper fraying, worm punctures in last few leaves.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Second edition of this commentary.
Ognibene Bonisoli (1412-1474) taught grammar and rhetoric in Treviso, Vicenza and Mantua, and wrote commentaries on Persius, Juvenal and Cicero as well as Lucan (the latter first published in 1475). This second edition was emended by Giovanni Taberio of Brescia. The sixteenth-century marginalia, in three hands, consists of highlighting proper names and place names, or summarizing text, though some (leaves c4v, e7v, g8, m5, q7, t3v, y4v) cite the commentary on Lucan by Joannes Sulpitius Verulanus which was published in 1509.