Shelfmark
Fb.8.17
Author
Title
Contenta in hocce libello. Eloquentiae encomium, autore Philippo Melanchthone. De primis apud rhetorem exercitationibus præceptiones, autore Petro Mosel. Aphthonii sophistæ Græca progymnasmata. Eadem latina Ioanne Maria Catanæo interprete. Libanii sophistae Græcæ declamationes tres. Eaedem latinae Erasmo Roterodamo interprete.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Eloquentiae encomium
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Portion of title: De primis apud rhetorem exercitationibus præceptiones
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Portion of title: Progymnasmata
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Portion of title: Declamationes tres
Publication, distribution, etc.
Coloniæ, : apud Ioanne[m] Sotere[m]., Anno MDXXV. [1525]
Physical description
[2] p., 88 [i.e. 112] leaves ; 8vo.
Language
Greek and Latin text running in parallel on alternate pages.
Note
From leaf 41 to the end, unnumbered leaves bearing Greek text are interleaved with numbered leaves bearing Latin text. Register is continuous throughout.
Note
Woodcut initials; marginal notes in Greek and Latin.
Note
Verso of final page bears printer's device, with mottos in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Ethiopic.
Citation/references note
Adams, M1131
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
T.p. ownership inscription: "George Somester. his booke, 1689". This signature appears again on the verso of the final page.
Provenance
T.p. ownership inscription: "Ex libris Ed. Cornish, 1694".
Binding
18th century quarter sheep binding, with marbled paper covering boards; rebacked in light brown calf; three raised bands; earlier red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters reattached.
Copy-specific note
T.p. bears two emblems forming letters TS and TH.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fl.8.40.
Subject
Sophists (Greek Philosophy) Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rhetoric, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
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Cattaneo, Giovanni Maria, ? - d. 1529 or 30 translator.
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Erasmus, Desiderius, ? - d. 1536 translator.
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Soter, Johannes, ? - d. 1543 printer.
Added entry--place
Germany Cologne
Language code
lat grc grc
Identifier
B27863