Shelfmark
Bc.7.24
Additional shelfmark
Bc.7.25
Additional shelfmark
Cc.2.4.17
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.1.29
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.1.30
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Ic3.5.14
Additional shelfmark
Gk.6.01
Author
Uniform title
[Cyropaedia]
Title
Xenophōntos Kyrou paideias biblia ē. = Xenophontis de Cyri institutione libri octo.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Etonae : Excusum [by Melchisidec Bradwood] in Collegio Regali, 1613.
Physical description
[8], 224, 229-386, [2] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Note
First five words of title in Greek characters.
Note
Edited by Henry Savile and printed by Melchisidec Bradwood (STC).
Note
The first and last leaves are blank.
Note
Signatures (Greek alphabet): [alpha]-3[alpha]⁴.
Note
Includes head- and tail-pieces; printed marginalia.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 26065
Citation/references note
ESTC, S120333
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1965. 1 microfilm reel; 35mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640: 1056:7).
Provenance
[Bc.7.24] Bookplate of Eton College Library; presented to Eton in 1941? (possibly inferred from Keynes letter). Inscription reading "To his superabundant friend John S". Signature: "Henry Bromley". Monogram (title-page). Bookplate of Richard Biddulph Martin of Upper Hall.
Provenance
[Bc.7.25] Bookplate of Eton College Library. Bookplate of I. Stewart Hepburn of Colquhalzie.
Provenance
[Cc.2.4.17] Monogram stamp of Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), dated 1705/6 in ms. Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
[Ib1.1.29] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib1.1.30] Ms. inscription on title page: "Richard Sykes his B[ook]".
Provenance
[Ic3.5.14] Faded ms. inscriptions on title page. Name ms. inscription on title page verso. Loose pieces of paper with ms. inscriptions in Latin and Greek and name inscriptions: "John ?Jenkin his booke and hand 1693 In ? year of God", "John Jenkins his booke and hand In the year of God 1690", "John Jenkins his booke".
Provenance
[Gk.6.01] Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Binding
[Bc.7.24] 17th century brown calf; triple blind fillet to form a border.
Binding
[Bc.7.25] 17th century brown calf; double gilt fillet to form a border; gold-tooled spine; four raised bands.
Binding
[Cc.2.4.17] 17th century blind-stamped calf. By Vincent Williamson.
Binding
[Ib1.1.29] 19th century teal calf half-binding ; blue marbled paper covered boards; five raised bands.
Binding
[Ib1.1.30] 17th century calf binding; gold tooled spine; three sewing supports; five raised bands.
Binding
[Ic3.5.14] Unbound quires in a phase box.
Binding
[Gk.6.01] ?17th-century calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with double blind fillets to form a border, with blind flower tools at the corners. Spine with four raised bands, decorated with double blind fillets. Textblock sprinkled red. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
[Bc.7.24] Previously Bc.7.30. Ms. leaf used in binding. Letter from John Maynard Keynes to C. H. K. Marten regarding repair of book (originally found in Bc.7.25, but probably relating to Bc.7.24, and transferred there).
Copy-specific note
[Bc.7.25] Previously Bc.7.31. Final pages heavily worm-damaged.
Copy-specific note
[Cc.2.4.17] Ms. list of books printed at Eton (flyleaf).
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.1.29] In pencil on front flyleaf: "63/-". Ms. inscription on front flyleaf crossed out.
Copy-specific note
[Ic3.5.14] Ms. inscriptions on 3A verso: "Printed at the Royal College of Eton" and "Printed at the Royal College of Eton W[illia]m Boynon".
Copy-specific note
[Gk.6.01] This copy is missing the first and last blank leaves. 17th-century ms. notes on title page (recto and verso) and pp.1-14, 63-70, 284-288. Former ECL shelfmark: DDl.6.2.
Subject
Cyrus King of Persia.
Subject
Greece History Early works to 1800.
Subject
Iran History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Savile, Henry, 1549 - 1622 editor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Bradwood, Melchisidec, ? - d. 1618 printer.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--name
Luttrell, Narcissus, 1657 - 1732 former owner.
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent binder.
Added entry--name
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Added entry--name
Martin, Richard Biddulph, 1838 - 1916 Sir, former owner.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 Viscount, former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Language code
grc
Identifier
B11959