Shelfmark
Fc.4.02
Author
Uniform title
[Pharsalia]
Title
M. Annei Lucani Cordubensis, poetæ celeberrimi et antiquissimi Pharsaliæ libri X. / Cum Lamberti Hortensii, Montfortii doctiss. viri explanationibus eruditissimus: ad historias Rom. antiquas cognoscendas utilissimis, illustrati, innumerisq[ue] mendis repurgati, & iam primùm in lucem editi. His adiecimus, Ioannis Sulpitii Verulani commentarios in eosdem Pharsaliæ libros conscriptos. Vnà cum indice rerum ac verborum locupletissimo.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Pharsaliæ libri X
Varying form of title
Distinctive title: M. Annei Lvcani Cordvbensis, poetæ celeberrimi et antiqvissimi Pharsaliæ libri X
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileæ, : Ex officina Henricpetrina., Anno post recuperatam salutem nostram M.D.LXXIIX. mense Martio. [March 1588]
Physical description
[56] p., 1086 columns, [1] p., columns 1109-1376, [2] p. : ill. (diags.) ; fol.
Note
Woodcut initials; printed marginal notes.
Note
Printer's device on title page; variant form on verso of last leaf.
Note
Consists of the text printed in a single column, surrounded by two columns of commentary.
Note
Date of publication from colophon, on recto of final leaf. Colophon reads: 'Basileæ, ex officina Henricpetrina, anno post recuperatam salutem nostram M.D.LXXIIX. mense Martio.'
Citation/references note
Adams, L1586
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College Library in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border with gold tooled lozenge roll along fore edge; all corners of boards mended with patches of brown sheep leather; blind tooled single fillet on spine; faded red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; five raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fl.2.16.
Copy-specific note
Occasional ms. annotations in margins.
Subject
Epic poetry, Latin Early works to 1800.
Subject
Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C. Poetry.
Subject
Rome History Civil War, 49-45 B.C. Poetry.
Added entry--name
Sulpitius Verulanus, Joannes, 15th cent - 15th cent commentator.
Added entry--name
Hortensius, Lambertus, 1500 or 1501 - 1574 commentator.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--name
Officina Henricpetrina printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Identifier
B27997