Shelfmark
Fe.6.17
Author
Joseph of Exeter,
Uniform title
[De bello Troiano. 1675]
Title
Daretis Phrygii, historicorum omnium primi, de bello Trojano libri sex. Latino carmine à Josepho Exoniensi elegantissimè redditi. Recogniti ac emendati curâ & studio Joannis Mori J.U.D. qui eosdem argumentis illustravit, totumque opus vero auctori restituit. .
Varying form of title
De bello Trojano libri sex
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini. : Impensis Thomæ Helder sub signo Angeli in vico vulgo dicto Little-Brittain., 1675.
Physical description
[20], 5-164, [4] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Note
Based on: Daretis Phrygii de excidio Troiae historia.
Note
"Daretis Phrygii de excidio Troiae historia", an account of the destruction of Troy, is a work in Latin purporting to be a translation of a Greek original by Dares Phrygius, and was sometimes attributed to Cornelius Nepos (though the work post-dates Nepos, probably to the 5th cent. AD). The De excidio formed the chief source for the numerous medieval accounts of the Trojan legend.
Note
Signatures: A-M⁸ N⁴.
Note
Title enclosed within a simple ruled letterpress border.
Note
With imprimatur on verso of title page: "Imprimatur, April, 27. 1675. Roger L'Estrange."
Note
With woodcut head-pieces and initials; woodcut heart-shaped border on leaf A5v.
Note
With bookseller's advertisement ("Books printed for Thomas Helder, living at the Angel in Little Brittain") on leaves N3-N4r; final page (leaf N4v) blank.
Citation/references note
Wing, D254
Citation/references note
ESTC, R1898
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary marbled calf binding; blind double fillet borders; gold roll-tooled board edges; rebacked and corners repaired in 20th-century gold-tooled calf retaining fragment of original spine-label; marbled pastedowns and text block edges.
Copy-specific note
Previously Fc.5.05.
Subject
Troy (Extinct city) Early works to 1800.
Subject
Trojan War Early works to 1800
Added entry--name
Helder, Thomas, active 1662 - 1683 bookseller.
Added entry--name
More, John, active 1675 - ? editor.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--title
Daretis Phrygii de excidio Troiae historia.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B32222