Shelfmark
Fa.2.05
Author
Uniform title
[De bello Peloponnesiaco. Greek & Latin 1588]
Title
Thoukydidou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia 8 Thvcydidis de bello peloponnesiaco libri VIII. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano recognita.
Varying form of title
Thucydidis de bello peloponnesiaco libri VIII. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallae, ab Henrico Stephano recognita
Edition
In hac secunda editione quæ amplius quàm in prima præstita fuerint, extrema ad lectorem epistola docebit.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Geneva] : Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, Anno M.D. LXXXVIII [1588].
Physical description
[20], 621, [15], 73, [7]p ; 35cm. (Fo.)
Note
Includes t.p. vignette, head pieces, and initials.
Note
Greek and Latin texts edited by Henri Estienne, notes by Estienne and Isaac Casaubon; text includes life of Thucydides from history of Ammianus Marcellinus in Greek version with translation by Casaubon, also chronology and Argumenta on Thucydides by Chytraeus.
Note
First published 1564, material by Casaubon added.
Note
Signatures: capitulum+ 2cap+ a-nnn+ ooo+.
Note
First words of title transliterated from the Greek.
Note
Greek text and Latin translation by Laurentius Valla in parallel columns.
Note
According to Adams, published in Geneva.
Citation/references note
Adams T667; CLC T607; Hofmann, v. 3, p. 552; Renouard. Estienne, p. 152-153
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Circular armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "Given by Is. Casaubon to Sir Henry Wotton". Ms. annotations throughout text.
Binding
16th-century brown mottled calf; remains of gold-tooling on boards; five raised bands; hinges visible; remains of two clasps; red spine label.
Subject
Greece History Early works to 1800 Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
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Estienne, Henri, 1531 - 1598 printer.
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Added entry--place
Switzerland Geneva.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B19139