Shelfmark
Fg.7.21
Author
Uniform title
[Satyricon]
Title
Titi Petronii Arbitri, equitis Romani, Satyricon: cum fragmentis Albæ Græcæ recuperatis ann. 1688. nunc demum integrum.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Roterodami, : Typis Regneri Leers, MDCXCIII. [1693]
Physical description
[18], 280 p. ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Note
The fragments purported to have been found at Belgrade and printed in italics in this edition are a forgery by François Nodot. His letter to François Charpentier, president of the French Academy, announcing his "discovery" of the fragments, is printed on *3v-*6v.
Note
Signatures: *¹⁰(-*10) A-L¹² M⁶ N².
Note
Some copies of the edition were provided with a title-page with the names of A. & J. Churchill for the London market.
Note
Woodcut's: printer's device, initials.
Provenance
Booklabel of Nicholas Mann, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on t.p.: "S. Muijs Van Holij".
Provenance
Ms. inscription on flyleaf facing t.p.: "Ex dono Domini Sim. Muys Van Holy", i.e. Simon Muys Van Holy?
Binding
Contemporary ?Dutch parchment laced case binding, laced at head and tail and three sewing supports.
Copy-specific note
Previously Da.7.08.
Subject
Satire, Latin Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Leers, Reinier, 1654 - 1714 printer.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Rotterdam.
Identifier
B34543