Shelfmark
Fd.1.08(01)
Author
Title
Antiquitates Asiaticæ Christianam æram antecedentes; ex primariis monumentis Græcis descriptæ, Latinè versæ, notisque & commentariis illustratæ. Accedit monumentum Latinum Ancyranum. Per Edmundum Chishull, S.T.B.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini, : Typis Guil. Bowyer, MDCCXXVIII. [1728-1731].
Physical description
[12], 207, [1], 8, [2], 12 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., map ; fol.
Note
Numerous etched illustrations within the text. One of the plates is signed as engraved by John Sturt.
Note
Text in Latin with quotations and transcriptions in Greek with parallel Latin translation.
Note
Head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Note
Etched title-page vignette.
Note
In two parts, the second of which bears (on ²B1r) the caption title "Antiquitates asiaticae. Pars altera, diversa diversarum urbium inscripta marmora complectens". The second part is incomplete, no more having been published after page 12 (²D2v); it includes a preliminary errata leaf (on chi1), dated at the head "die 29 Sept. A.D. 1731" (cf. ESTC). Many copies do not include the second part, and end with leaf Iii2.
Note
Large paper issue.
Note
Bowyer's records show 400 ordinary and 100 large paper copies printed; 155 ordinary and 57 large paper copies were still in inventory in 1743.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T227854
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
18th century English quarter vellum; boards covered in marbled paper; faded red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; patch of parchment fixed to head of spine to reinforce, now torn; deckled edges.
Copy-specific note
Copy lacks part two, but does have page of errata on verso of leaf Ggg2.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fd.1.6.
Copy-specific note
Bound with the prospectus for Antiquitates Asiaticæ: "Teiorum diræ mirâ post sigeum lapidem raritate, & antiquitate, monumentum"; ESTC T227855.
Subject
Inscriptions, Greek Mediterranean Region Early works to 1800.
Subject
Classical antiquities Middle East Early works to 1800.
Subject
Inscriptions, Greek Middle East Early works to 1800.
Subject
Middle East History To 622 Sources.
Added entry--name
Bowyer, William, 1663 - 1737 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat grc grc
Identifier
B28389