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La primera parte de Plutharcho
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- Publication date
- [y] se acabro de imprimir a dos dias del mes de Iulio. de .Mccccxcj. años. [2 July 1491].
- Call number
- 94929
- Creator
- Plutarch(Opens in new tab)
- Provenance
- Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925. In part 2, contemporary MS. comments and keyword extractions in Spanish in various hands, some cropped; brackets, manicules, underlines, and other reading marks. In part 2, floral drawing between columns of 2D1r; drawing of Cicero's head and a note about his death between columns of 2F4r. In part 2, ms. anecdote in Spanish in gothic hand, cropped, at top of 2X7v. In part 1, 16th-century ms. annotations (including one of the first mentions of the proverb “al enemigo puente de plata” on leaf 2d5r) and keyword extractions in Spanish and Latin in various hands, some trimmed; manicules, underlines, brackets, and other reading marks. In part 2, 18th-century ms. misspelled author's name in Spanish, “Pultraco”, crossed out and replaced with “Plutraco”, top of A2r. Occasional pen trials in part 2 in an 18th century hands. In part 2, 18th-century ms. autograph, “Don A” and “Andres Moreno q[ue] fue [...]”, upside down, cropped, at bottom of leaf 2A7r. In part 2, 18th-century ms. inscription on leaf 2G2v: [undeciphered personal name] quiere bien a vna persona q[ue] se yo y no lo quiero dezir porque no es puta.
