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M. T. Ciceronis clarissimi Rhetoricae veteris liber I
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- Publication date
- .M.CCCCLXXXIII die .XVII. Iulii. [July 17 1483]
- Call number
- 103156
- Provenance
- Inscription on rear pastedown by Adam Gelthus, a relative of Johann Gutenberg, "Ego Adam Gelthusz dedi has rethoricas Ciceronis vna cum Quintiliani libros Institucionum ad bibliothecas fratrum Mino[rum] in Maguntina. die decimoquatro mensis Aprilis a[nn]o M D decimooctauo [i.e. 14 April 1518]". Correspondence regarding inscription in PF. Numerous contemporary ms. annotations and underlinings in the second half of the work continuing onto final blank leaf. From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
- Contemporary ms. annotations (extensive in book 3), corrections and underlinings. Contemporary inscription on rear pastedown: Ego Adam Gelthusz dedi has rethoricas Ciceronis una cum Quintiliani librum Institucionum ad bibliothecas fratrum Minorum in Maguncia die decimoquinto mensis Aprilis anno M D decimoctauo [i.e. 15 April 1518]. Shelfmark "314" of Leander van Ess on spine. From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps. Shelfmark "101" of Thomas FitzRoy Fenwick on front pastedown.
