Shelfmark
Fe.7.24
Main entry--uniform title
Scriptores historiae Augustae. 1592
Title
Historiae Augustæ scriptores, ab imperio Nervæ vsque ad Constantium Constantini filium, rerum per CCC. ann. variis mundi partibus gestarum seriem & circunstantias explicantes. : His nunc primùm accesserunt breuiaria singulis libris præfixa. Perpetuæ ad marginem notæ morales ac politicæ. Gnomologia historica. Orationum, epistolarum, & rerum isignium index. Subinucta est ad lectorem, De instituto & vsu huius historiæ præfatio.
Varying form of title
Historiae Augustae scriptores, ab imperio Nervae usque ad Constantium Constantini filium
Varying form of title
Historiae Avgvstae scriptores, ab imperio Nervae vsque ad Constantium Constantini filium
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugduni [i.e. Geneva?], : Apud Franciscum le Preux., M.D.X.CII. [1592]
Physical description
[20], 816, [68] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Note
One volume only of an anthology drawn from writers from Plutarch onwards, published as: Historiae Augustae tomus primus [-VI]. Lugduni [i.e. Geneva?] : Apud Franciscum le Preux, 1593 [i.e. 1592]-1595. See Adams, S782.
Note
Catalogued from an imperfect copy comprising vol. 2 only, including the lives from the early compilation known as Scriptores historiae Augustae, interspersed under each ruler with accounts from other sources.
Note
Signatures: *⁸ **² A-Z⁸ Aa-Zz⁸ AA-II⁸ KK².
Note
Head- and tail- pieces; initials.
Note
Printer's device on title-page and final page.
Note
Printed side-notes.
Citation/references note
Adams, S782
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
17th-century mottled calf binding; blind-tooled corner fleurons within blind double fillet borders; four raised bands; red morocco spine-label.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: vol. 2 only.
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription on title-page: Tomus secundus.
Copy-specific note
Previously Fd.7.24.
Subject
Emperors Rome Chronology.
Subject
Rome History.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Geneva.
Added entry--place
France Lyon.
Identifier
B32291