Shelfmark
Cc.2.5.06 [Copy 1]
Additional shelfmark
Go.9.08 [Copy 2]
Author
Heliodorus of Emesa.
Uniform title
[Aethiopica. Greek & Latin]
Title
Heliodorou Aithiopikes historias biblia deka. Heliodori Aethiopicorum libri X. Collatione MSS. Bibliothecæ Palatinæ & aliorum, emendati & multis in locis aucti, Hieronymi Commelini opera.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Heidelberg] : Apud Hieronymum Commelinum, Anno MDXCVI. [1596]
Physical description
15, [1], 519, [1], 48 p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Note
Text in Greek and Latin; Latin translation by Stanislaw Warszewicki.
Note
First part of title transliterated from the Greek.
Note
Includes printer's device on title page; head- and tail-pieces.
Note
Signatures: [par]⁸ A-2I⁸ Klz⁴ ²2A-2C⁸.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Arms and joint monogram of Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617) and Marie Barbançon (his first wife) on covers.
Provenance
[Copy 2] No provenance information recorded in the book.
Binding
[Copy 1] ?17th-century red, gold-tooled morocco. Arms and joint monogram of Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617) and Marie Barbançon (his first wife) stamped in gold.
Binding
[Copy 2] ?contemporary vellum binding, mostly detached from textblock. Covers undecorated. Spine damaged at the head, exposing first sewing station; ink titling faded and illegible. Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; pastedowns partly of fully detached; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Early modern ms. notes on front flyleaf, one dated 20 May 1602. Erased note: "Ex dono ?Roberti C...[illegible]".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Early modern ms. signatures on rear flyleaf: "John Hurt", "Thomas Grey", "Grace Wymark".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Former ECL shelfmarks: Gi.8.3, Gi.8.12a.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Ms. notes and underlinings on first pages of text.
Subject
Greek fiction Early works to 1800.
Subject
Romances, Byzantine Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Commelinus, Hieronymus, 1550 - 1597 printer, editor.
Added entry--name
Warszewicki, Stanislaw, 1529? - 1591 translator.
Added entry--place
Germany Heidelberg.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B13688