Shelfmark
En.4.14(01)
Main entry--uniform title
Disticha de moribus. Polyglot.
Title
Dionysii Catonis Disticha de moribus ad filium, : praeter sedulam variantis lectionis per omnia conlationem, lectissimis etiam adornata flosculis poëticis. Una cum singulis adposita Distichis, binorum quoque versuum, idiomatum vero diversorum, interpretatione quincuplice. Adjecta sunt Lemmata Cationiana, suis quaeque restituta Distichis.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amstelaedami, : Apud Franciscum Houttuyn,, MDCCLIX. [1759]
Physical description
XVI, 347, [1] p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. (engr.) ; 8vo.
Language
Latin text with translations in Greek by J. J. Scaliger, English by Charles Hoole, German by M. Opitz von Boberfeld, and in Dutch and French.
Note
Signatures: *8 A-Z8, 2A8-2S8, 2T4.
Note
With an additional engraved frontispiece, signed: "S. Fokke"; illustrated with engraved plates also by Fokke.
Note
Title page printed in red and black; with woodcut printer's device.
Note
With a preliminary half-title: "Dionysii Catonis Disticha flosculis poëticis et interpretationibus adornata variis.".
Note
The attribution to Dionysius Cato is erroneous since the real author is unknown; it has also been attributed to Marcus Porcius Cato.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T145302
Provenance
Armorial stamp on binding: arms of city of Haarlem, with its motto: Vicit vim virtus.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale. I.e. Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944).
Provenance
Pencil inscription on front flyleaf: J. Cowell or Howell.
Binding
Contemporary Dutch stiff vellum; gold tooled double fillet frame with fleurons at corners and armorial device as centrepiece; gold tooled double fillet and lozenge stamp on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooling; red and black speckled edges; traces of book ties.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: Historia critica Catoniana [...]. -- Amstelaedami, : apud Franciscum Houttuyn, MDCLIX.
Subject
Aphorisms and apothegms.
Added entry--name
Fokke, Simon, 1712 - 1784 engraver.
Added entry--name
Houttuyn, Frans, 1719 - 1765 printer.
Added entry--name
Opitz von Boberfeld, Wilhelm translator.
Added entry--name
Hoole, Charles, 1610 - 1667 translator.
Added entry--name
Scaliger, Joseph Juste, 1540 - 1609 translator.
Added entry--name
Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 - 149 B.C attributed name.
Added entry--name
Lonsdale, Hugh Cecil Lowther, 1857 - 1944 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat dut enk fre ger grc lat
Identifier
B32452