Shelfmark
Cr.3.3.07
Additional shelfmark
[Another copy]: En.9.13
Author
Pliny the Younger.
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
C. Plinii Cæcilii Secundi epistolarum libri X. & panegyricus. Accedunt variantes lectiones.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugduni Batavorum : Ex Officinâ Elseviriorum, 1640.
Physical description
[24], 414, [28]p ; 12mo.
Note
Includes a preliminary Life of Pliny by G. M. Cattaneo.
Note
Woodcut printers' device as t.p. vignette ('Non solus' motto with olive tree and vine); initials; head- and tail-pieces.
Citation/references note
Willems, W 506.
Provenance
[Crr.3.3.07]: Bookplate with motto "Nec aspera terrent" and letter F in centre of laurel wreath bearing a viscount's coronet. Pendant medal shows the arms of the West Yorkshire Regiment.
Provenance
[En.9.13]: Inscription on t.p. in pencil in juvenile hand: Edw. Bankes.
Provenance
[En.9.13]: Inscription on rear flyleaf in ink: Bartholemew Wormel (the surname crossed through). Two inscriptions (one on an insert) are addressed to 'Bartle' in a 17th century hand: Bee of good courage o Bartle / I know a thing whic[h] will make you startle.
Provenance
[En.9.13]: Inscription on rear flyleaf in ink: Thomas Gonnile.
Provenance
[En.9.13]: Topham stamp on t.p. : bequeathed to Eton College by Richard Topham in 1736.
Provenance
[En.9.13]: Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
[Crr.3.3.07]: 18th century red morocco; gold tooled roll frames; gold tooled decoration on spine; green morocco spine label; marbled endpapers; gilt edges; gauffred towards gutter.
Binding
[En.9.13]: Contemporary dark brown calf; gold tooled double fillet frame; modern rebacking, with gold tooled double fillet decoration and red morocco spine label; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
[Crr.3.3.07]: Some ms. annotations.
Copy-specific note
[En.9.13]: Some juvenile drawings of faces and flowers on front flyleaf.
Subject
Trajan, 53 - 117 Emperor of Rome.
Subject
Pliny the Younger
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--name
Officina Elzeviriana printers.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B15412