Shelfmark
Fd.1.02
Author
Uniform title
[Works. Latin]
Title
Demosthenis oratorum Graeciae principis Opera, quae ad nostram aetatem peruenerunt, omnia, unà cum Vlpiani rhetoris Commentariis è Graeco in Latinum sermonem conuersa per Hieronymvm VVolfivm Oetingensem: & in quinq[ue] diuisa partes, quarum singulae quid contineant, statim à praefatione reperies.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Opera, quae ad nostram aetatem peruenerunt, omnia
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basilae, : Per Ioannem Oporinum., [1549?]
Physical description
5 pt. in 1 v. ([16], 144, 283, 192, [16] p., 486, [1], 266, [1] p., 268-273, [2] p.) ; fol.
Note
Translated into Latin from the original Greek.
Note
Date of publication suggested by Adams.
Note
Pt. 2-5 each have divisional t.p. and begin new pagination and register. Pt. 2 has title: "Secundus orationum Demosthenis tomus, qui continet Orationes forenses publicas, conuersas per Hieronymum Vuolfium Oetingensem"; pt. 3 has title "Tomus orationum Demosthenis tertius, qui continet orationes forenses priuatorum contractuum triginta, conuersas è Graeco sermone in Latinum, per Hieronymum Vuolfium Oetingensem"; pt. 4 has title: "Vlpiani rhetoris enarrationes in Demosthenis orationes XVIII. Quibus non modo uocabula, sed & historiae qu[a]edam ut scitu dignissimae, ita apud alios rarissimae inuentu, & artificium oratorium diligenter explicantur. Hieronymo Vuolfio interprete. Ad haec Demosthenis vita, à Libanio, Suida, Luciano, Plutarcho descripta, eodem interprete"; pt. 5 has title: Orationes Demosthenis, quotquot ab eruditis partim ante complures annos, partim recens conuersas nancisci potuimus, in studiosorum gratiam hoc uolumine coniungere uisum est".
Note
Woodcut figurative initials, printed marginalia.
Citation/references note
Adams, D269
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Possibly donated by John Reynolds. Binding is very similar to other Reynolds donations.
Binding
Eighteenth century English quarter sheep; boards covered with light blue paper; gold tooled lozenge roll on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; six raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Cf.3.11 and Eg.3.2.
Copy-specific note
The names of Hieronymus Wolf, Joannes Oporinus and other Protestants have been scored out throughout the text.
Copy-specific note
Ms. marginal annotations throughout.
Subject
Rhetoric, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Subject
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Wolf, Hieronymus, 1516 - 1580 translator.
Added entry--name
Ulpianus rhetorician, commentator.
Added entry--name
Oporinus, Joannes, 1507 - 1568 printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B28367