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En.2.11
Main entry--uniform title
Catonis disticha. Greek & Latin.
Title
Dionysii Catonis Disticha, de moribus ad filium. : Cum notis integris Scaligeri, Barthii, Daumii; scholiis atque animadversionibus selectis Erasmi, Opitii, Wachii; et metaphrasi Graeca Planudis et Scaligeri. Quibus accedunt Boxhornii dissertatio, et Henrici Cannegieteri rescripta Boxhornio de Catone; nec non Joan. Hild. Withofii dissertationes binae de Distichorum auctore et vera illorum lectione. / Recensuit, suasque adnotationes addidit Otto Arntzenius.
Edition
Editio altera auctior & emendatior.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amstelaedami, : Ex officina Schouteniana., M.D.CC.LIV. [1754]
Physical description
lxxvi, 578, [36] p. : front. ; 8vo.
Note
Text includes Planudes' version of the Disticha in Greek.
Note
Latin text and Greek translation on opposite pages; Latin notes at foot of text.
Note
Signatures: [pi]⁴ 1-5*⁸ A-2Q⁸
Note
Engraved frontispiece illustration by Simon Fokke.
Note
Woodcut initial frames, head- and tailpieces.
Note
The attribution to Dionysius Cato is erroneous since the real author is unknown; it has also been attributed to Marcus Porcius Cato.
Note
Title in red and black.
Provenance
Inscription on front flyleaf: D. Arch Whitehouse, 21 Melville Rd, Edgbaston.
Provenance
SX monogram mounted by coronet in black on spine. Stamp of George Capell-Coningsby, 5th Early of Essex (1757-1839) - see British Armorial Bindings database, University of Toronto.
Binding
Contemporary Dutch stiff vellum; blind tooled double fillet frames, with leaf fleuron at each corner; lozenge-shaped strapwork centrepiece; title inked onto spine; red sprinkled edges; five raised bands.
Subject
Catonis disticha
Subject
Aphorisms and apothegms.
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Arntzenius, Otto, 1703 - 1763 editor.
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Fokke, Simon, 1712 - 1784 engraver.
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Essex, George Capel-Coningsby, 1757 - 1839 Earl of, former owner.
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Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B32337