Shelfmark
Cc.1.2.16
Author
Heliodorus of Emesa.
Uniform title
[Aethiopica. French]
Title
Histoire Æthiopique, de Heliodorus, contenant dix liures, traittant des loyales & pudiques amours de Theagenes Thessalien, & Chariclea Æthiopienne. Traduite de Grec en Francois, & de nouueau reueue & corrigee sur un ancien examplaire ... par le translateur ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Lyon : Pour Loys Cloquemin, 1579.
Physical description
597, [21]p ; 16mo.
Note
Translation (Greek-French) by J. Amyot of the "Aethiopica".
Note
Extra-illustrated with engraved portrait of Elizabeth I.
Note
Ms. note about Pierre Clausse de Marchaumont's career on tipped-in leaf.
Provenance
Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
Ms. dedication by Pierre Clausse de Marchaumont to Elizabeth I.
Provenance
Lion rampant and initials "E. R." on original covers.
Binding
18th century red, straight-grained, gold-tooled morocco. Original gold-tooled vellum covers, with lion rampant and initials "E. R. " stamped in gold, pasted onto pastedowns; Old Royal Library binding. Gauffered edges.
Added entry--name
Amyot, Jacques, 1513 - 1593 translator.
Added entry--place
France Lyon.
Language code
fre grc
Identifier
B13618