Shelfmark
Ic3.5.03
Author
Uniform title
[Apophthegmata. English]
Title
Apophthegmes, that is to saie, prompte, quicke, wittie and sentencious saiynges, of certain emperours, kynges, capitaines, philosophiers and oratours, aswell Grekes, as Romaines, bothe veraye pleasaunt [et] profitable to reade, partely for all maner of persones, [et] especially gentlemen. First gathered and compiled in Latine by the ryght famous clerke Maister Erasmus of Roterodame. And now translated into Englyshe by Nicolas Vdall.
Varying form of title
Apophthegmata.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Londini] : Excusum typis Ricardi Grafton, 1542 [September] Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.
Physical description
[20], 345, [15] leaves ; 14 cm. (8vo)
Note
The last three leaves are blank.
Note
Month of printing from colophon.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 10443
Citation/references note
ESTC, S105498
Provenance
Loose ms. note dated Mach 9, 1932 addressed to Broadbent signed by Robert Birley and eleven other people: "We are sending you this copy of Nicholas Udall's translation of the Apophthegmes of Erasmus for the College Library to mark the occasion of your eightieth birthday, and we hope that you will accept with it our best wishes and congratulations.".
Provenance
Eton College Library book label.
Binding
19th century calf binding; marbled endpapers; three raised bands; blind tooled panel stamp on both boards; red stained edges.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy imperfect: 3 final blank leaves missing; leaf 336 replaced with ms. copy.
Copy-specific note
?Curatorial ms. inscriptions on front endpapers.
Subject
Aphorisms and apothegms Early works to 1800.
Subject
Quotations, Latin.
Subject
Quotations, Greek.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Grafton, Richard, ? - d. 1572? printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B37642