Shelfmark
Fa.8.07(02)
Author
Uniform title
[Idylls]
Title
Theokritou Eidyllia, toutesti mikra poiemata hex kai triakonta ... = Theocriti Idyllia, hoc est parua poemata XXXVI ; eiusdem Epigrammata XIX ; eiusdem Bipennis & Ala.
Varying form of title
Theocriti Idyllia, hoc est parua poemata XXXVI ; eiusdem Epigrammata XIX ; eiusdem Bipennis & Ala
Varying form of title
Oppian Theocri
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venetiis : Ex officina Farrea, M D XLIII [1543].
Physical description
78, [2] leaves ; 15cm. (8vo.)
Note
Title in Greek and Latin; imprint and preface in Latin; text in Greek.
Note
Edited by Alban Thorer.
Note
Contains two examples of concrete poetry: on the recto of leaf 76 and the verso of leaf 78 are poems printed within woodcut borders to resemble an axe and a pair of wings respectively.
Note
Previously: Fc.6.2.
Note
Bound with one other item.
Citation/references note
Adams, T465
Provenance
Book-label of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
17th? century brown panelled calf; double blind fillet to form a border; four raised bands; red spine label; spine title: "Oppian Theocri".
Subject
Pastoral poetry, Greek.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--name
Farri, Giovanni, fl. 1540 - 1548 printer.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
grc lat
Identifier
B22330