Shelfmark
Fq.6.01
Author
Antigonus,, fl. 240 B.C. - ? of Carystus,
Title
Antigoni Carystii Historiarum mirabilium collectanea. Ioannes Meursius recensuit, & notas addidit.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Historiarum mirabilium collectanea
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugduni Batauorum, : Apud Isaacum Elzevirium., Anno MDCXIX. [1619]
Physical description
[8], 210, [2] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Note
Contains the Greek text with the Latin translation by Gulielmus Xylander.
Note
Greek and Latin on facing pages; preliminaries in Latin.
Note
Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-Z⁴ Aa-Cc⁴ Dd².
Note
Printer's device (l'aigle) on title page.
Note
Errata on p. [211].
Citation/references note
Copinger, H.B. Elzevier Press, 87
Citation/references note
Willems, A. Elzeviers, 151
Provenance
Topham stamp on title-page: bequeathed to Eton College by Richard Topham in 1736.
Provenance
Unidentified bookplate in early armorial/Jacobean style on title page verso: scalloped shield; charge of a chevron between three heron's heads; surmounted by helm and crest of a cross patty fitchy entwined by two serpents ascending; foliage mantling.
Provenance
18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
17th-century sprinkled brown calf; blind inner panels of fillets and rolls with outer fleurons; spattered dark blue text block edges; five raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Bc.5.23, Bb.7.10, EC A4.2, Fq.2.08.
Subject
Paradoxes Early works to 1800.
Subject
Curiosities and wonders Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Elsevier, Isaac, 1596 - 1651 printer.
Added entry--name
Xylander, Wilhelm, 1532 - 1576 translator.
Added entry--name
Meurs, Johannes van, 1579 - 1639 editor.
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Language code
lat grc grc
Identifier
B39394