Shelfmark
Fd.4.10 - Fd.4.11
Title
Historiae Romanae scriptores Latini minores; qui altius exorsi, augustae historiae aut viam strauerunt, aut partem eius aliquam ab vrbe condita vsque ad sua tempora breui compendio deduxerunt: Fasti Capitolini, a Carolo Sigonio suppleti, ... [et al.]. Addita variantis scripturæ notatio ... . Adiecta etiam Græcorum, quæ citantur, interpretatio: tum rerum verborumque notabiliorum index locupletissimus: opera Friderici Sylburgii.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Francofurdi : Apud Andreæ Wecheli heredes, Claudium Marnium, & Ioann. Aubrium,, MDLXXXVIII: [1588]
Physical description
2 v. ; Fo.
Note
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Note
Each volume includes its own index.
Note
The work published as "Romanae historiae scriptores graeci minores ... tomus tertius" in Frankfurt under the same imprint in 1590 may have been intended as a third volume of this work.
Note
Subtitle varies.
Note
Printer's device depicting Pegasus with initials AW on title pages and verso of final leaves of both volumes.
Note
Pagination: v.1: [8], XXVIII, 590 p., columns 591-793, pp. 794-893, [4]; v.2: [16], 608 p., columns 609-792, pp. 793-886, [2] p.
Citation/references note
Adams, S786
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College. According to card catalogue, purchased and bound 1596/97, price 37s and 6d.
Binding
Contemporary Eton brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border, with inner frame of a single roll, with compartments containing medallions; armorial centrepiece (arms of Eton College) stamped in silver; nailes for clasps and chain; blind tooled double fillet on spine, with panels of hatching at head and tail; 16th century ms. material used as guards; red painted edges; title written on fore-edge.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Cf.3.2, Cf.1.3-4.
Subject
Rome History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Sylburg, Friedrich, 1536 - 1596 editor.
Added entry--name
Marnius, Claudius, ? - d. 1610 printer.
Added entry--name
Aubry, Jean, ? - d. 1600 or 1601 printer.
Added entry--name
Andreae Wecheli Heredes printer.
Added entry--place
Germany Frankfurt am Main.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B28956