Shelfmark
En.9.18
Author
Uniform title
[Epitome rerum Romanorum]
Title
L. Annæus Florus. Cl. Salmasius, addidit Lucium Ampelium, e cod. MS. nunquam antehac editum.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugd. Batav. : Apud Elzevirios, Anno M.DC.XXXVIII. [1638]
Physical description
[8], 336, [16] p. ; 12mo.
Note
Includes Ampelius' "Liber memorialis".
Note
Engraved title-page.
Note
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Note
Second text has its own half title page: Lucius Ampelius ex Bibliotheca Cl. Salmasii [p. [291]].
Note
Also contains: Ad Florum variarum lectionum libellus, collectus ex notis Gruteri, Salmasii, Vineti, & editionibus [p. 247-290].
Note
Includes index.
Note
According to Willems, this is the second edition of 1638, with a buffalo in the head-piece over the epistle, and misnumbered pages 200 and 336, which appear as 220 and 536.
Citation/references note
Willems, 467.
Citation/references note
Rahir, 463
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of William Bennet Martin, 1796-1847, of Worsborough Hall, Yorkshire (dates from British Museum online catalogue).
Binding
Contemporary Netherlandish stiff vellum case binding; traces of title written in ink on spine; red sprinkled edges.
Subject
Rome History Republic, 510-30 B.C.
Added entry--name
Saumaise, Claude, 1588 - 1653 editor.
Added entry--name
Ampelius, Lucius. Liber memorialis.
Added entry--name
Martin, William Bennet, 1796 - 1847 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B36900