Shelfmark
Fd.4.08(01)
Author
Uniform title
[Vitae excellentium imperatorum]
Title
Cor. Nepotis vulgo Æmilii Probi De vita excellentium imperatorum Græcorum ac Romanorum. / Cum commentariis Dionysii Lambini Monstroliensis auctis nuper atque emendatis. Accesserunt commentarii, adnotationes, & notæ, Gyberti Longolii, Hieronymi Magii, & Ioannis Savaronis, cum excerptis è vetusto codice ms. P. Danielis. Praefixâ chronologia impp. Græciæ apud Probum, per olympiadas. Cum indicibus, prasertim auctorum qui in singulis commentatoribus laudantur vel illustratur accuratis.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Cor. Nepotis vulgo Aemilii Probi De vita excellentium imperatorum Graecorum ac Romanorum
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De vita excellentium imperatorum Græcorum ac Romanorum
Publication, distribution, etc.
Francofurti, : apud Claud. Marnium, & hered. Io. Aubrii., MDCVIII. [1608]
Physical description
[24], 471, [1] p. ; Fo.
Note
De vita excellentium imperatorum is part of a lost work De viris illustribus; previously believed to be the work of Aemilius Probus, a grammarian of the time of Theodosius.
Note
With woodcut head-pieces and initials.
Note
With woodcut title-page vignette featuring Pegasus flying above a caduceus, two cornucopias, and two clasped hands; the device is repeated as a centrepiece on the final (otherwise blank) leaf.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Main body of text in single column, with notes and commentary in double columns.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Mid-seventeenth century Dutch stiff vellum binding; gold tooled single fillet border and inner frame with diagonals, and fleur-de-lys fleurons at each corner; strapwork centrepiece with floral ornamentation; gold tooled single fillet on spine, with single fleuron in each compartment; black morocco spine label with gold tooled letters and frame; thumb index along fore-edge, of vellum tabs.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fc.1.11.
Copy-specific note
Bound with one other item.
Subject
Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum
Subject
Emperors Rome Biography Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
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Savaron, Jean, 1566 - 1629 editor.
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Marnius, Claudius, ? - d. 1610 printer.
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Maggi, Girolamo, ? - d. 1572 editor.
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Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 owner.
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Haeredes Johannis Aubrii printer.
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Germany Frankfurt am Main
Identifier
B28955