Shelfmark
Fc.2.12(02)
Author
Title
Io. Gorraei Parisiensis, Definitionum medicarum libri XXIIII, literis Graecis distincti. / Ab authore ante obitum recogniti, magnaq[ue] accessione adaucti, & nunc denuo ad publicam rei literariæ vtilitatem editi. Adiectus in calce Latinograecus index copiosissimus.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Definitionum medicarum libri XXIIII, literis Graecis distincti
Publication, distribution, etc.
Francofurti ad Moenum : Ex officina typographica Andr. Wecheli, M.D.LXXVIII. [1578]
Physical description
[8], 543, [1] p., [1] folded leaf : ill. ; fol.
Note
Head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Note
Main body of text printed in double columns.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Contains corrections by Friedrich Sylburg (p. 539-543).
Note
Armorial vignette (arms of François Montmorency, to whom the work is dedicated?) on t.p. verso.
Note
The folded leaf of printed material is numbered 450b, to indicate where it should be bound.
Note
Printer's device depicting Pegasus with initials A.W. on t.p. and repeated on verso of final leaf.
Note
Woodcut portrait of Andreas Wechel, with legend "Indefinitum ne quid libro esset in isto, illum etiam pingi placuit qui cætera pinxit. A. Wechelus Typogr." on verso of p. )(4.
Citation/references note
Adams, G879
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College Library.
Binding
Late 16th or early 17th century dark brown calf; blind tooled double fillet border and large strapwork centrepiece; traces of chain clasp; rebacked, with parts of original spine reattached; blind tooled fillet with hatched panels at head and tail; paper spine label with ms. title; six raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Df.3.1 and Dm.1.4.
Copy-specific note
Bound with Wechel's edition of Foës' Oeconomica Hippocratis, MDLXXXVIII.
Subject
Latin language Dictionaries Early works to 1800. Greek
Subject
Greek language Dictionaries Early works to 1800. Latin
Subject
Medicine Terminology Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Wechel, Andreas, ? - d. 1581 printer.
Added entry--name
Sylburg, Friedrich, 1536 - 1596 editor.
Added entry--place
Germany Frankfurt am Main.
Language code
latgrc
Identifier
B27940