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Magni Avrelii Cassiordori Variarvm libri XII : Item de anima. Recens inuenti, & in lucem dati a Mariangelo Accursio.

Accession number
PML 42124.2
Creator
Cassiodorus, Senator, approximately 487-approximately 580.
Published
Augustae Vindelic. : ex aedibus Henrici Silicei, mense Maio M.D.XXXIII [May 1533].
Description
[2], 327, [9] pages ; 31.5 cm. (folio)
Notes
Imprint from colophon.
Edited by Mariangelus Accursius.
Woodcut initials; printer's mark.
Binding
Contemporary blind- and gilt-tooled brown calf over paper boards, with gilt and gauffered edges, bound in Augsburg by the "Master of Hieronymus Wolff" (active 1531-1537, EBDB w004486). 2 green silk ties.
Provenance
Joachim von Ortenburg (1530-1600), inscription: "Eil mitt weil," 1565 (front pastedown), inherited by his son, Anton von Ortenburg (1550-1573), inscription: "Lente Festina" and: "A[nton] C[omes] I[n] O[rtenberg] 1567" (leaf A1r of Marcellinus), on the Ort
Classification
Century
Department