Shelfmark
Fe.9.12
Author
Dictys Cretensis.
Uniform title
[De bello Troiano]
Title
Dictys Cretensis De bello Troiano. et Dares Phrygius De excidio Troiæ. Cum notis ad Dictym..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amsterodami, : Apud Guiljelmum Blaeuw., M DC XXX. [1630]
Physical description
[12], 196 p. ; 11 cm. (16mo)
Language
Text in Latin with references and examples in Greek (in the critical footnotes).
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
Edited by Josias Mercier. The first edition of his recension was published at Paris by R. Estienne in 1618.
Note
Signatures: A-N⁸.
Note
Caption title: "Daretis Phrygii De excidio Troiæ historia" on p. 155.
Note
Printer's device (armillary sphere) on title page.
Note
Engraved architectural and illustrated title page; depicts the figures of Agamemnon and Priam, and the device of the Trojan horse.
Note
Date in imprint printed using reversed c's.
Note
With woodcut initials and tail-piece.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
Ms. ownership inscription on rear free-endpaper "Thomas Flavell his booke" dated 1642 [or 1692?].
Provenance
Price on front free-endpaper facing title-page "3d".
Binding
Contemporary brown sheep binding; blind double fillet border with additional fillets parallel to spine; red leather spine-label; three recessed sewing supports.
Copy-specific note
Previously Fd.8.06.
Subject
Trojan War Early works to 1800.
Subject
Troy (Extinct city) Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Mercier, Josias, ca. 1560 - 1626 editor.
Added entry--name
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571 - 1638 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--title
Daretis Phrygii de excidio Troiae historia.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B32400