Shelfmark
Be.6.08 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gh.5.27 (Copy 2)
Title
Constructio verborum, excerpta ex opere quod scheden basiliken, id est schedam regiam, vocant.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Paris] : Væneunt in Aedibus Aegidij Gormontij, [1528].
Physical description
[72] leaves ; 8vo.
Note
Main text in Greek; preliminaries and title-page in Latin.
Note
Place of publication and date from colophon, which reads "En Leuketia Paresion, para Petro tou Ouidouaio dapane Aigidiou Gormontiou ..." (transliterated from the Greek).
Note
Edited by G. Prunetius, who signs the dedication.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Bequeathed to Eton College by Richard Topham in 1736; his monogrammed stamp on title-page.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Booklabel on front pastedown recording donation to Eton College by John Reynolds in 1751.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Price written on title-page: "0:1:6".
Binding
[Copy 1]: 18th century gold- and blind-tooled calf.
Binding
[Copy 2]: Limp binding (vellum); repared probably in the 19th century with two additional flyleaves on front and back of book.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1]: ECL previous shelfmark: Bi.7.15.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2]: ECL previous shelfmark: Gh.5.30.
Copy-specific note
Of the two states of the 1528 edition, identified by Renouard as being printed without (A) and with (B) the final character '8' in the dated colophon, Eton has both: Be.6.08 is (A); Gh.5.27 is (B). Cf. P. Renouard, Inventaire Chronologique des editions parisiennes du XVI siecle, Vol. 3, No. 1592, p. 435.
Subject
Greek language Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Prunetius, Georgius editor.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B12301