Shelfmark
Fd.8.02
Author
Uniform title
[Argonautica]
Title
Caij Valerij Flacci Argonautica. Ioan. Baptistae Pij carmen ex quarto Argonauticon Apollonij. Orphei Argonautica / innominato interprete.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugduni : Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1548.
Physical description
308, [1] p. ; 12 cm. (16mo)
Note
Signatures: a-tp8s up4s.
Note
Valerius Flaccus' death in 92 or 93 A.D. left his Argonautica unfinished. The story is completed here (part of book 8 and books 9-10) by Pio's translation from Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica, book 4.
Note
Edited by Philippus Engentinus (Philipp Engelbrecht).
Note
Printer's emblem as title-page vignette.
Note
Woodcut initials.
Citation/references note
Baudrier, H.L. Bib. lyonnaise, VIII, p. 219-220
Provenance
Inscription on front flyleaf: Ex libris Iacobi Malinfa[n]t]ij Tolosani. Lutetia 1556. [motto in Greek], Pressac. The bibliophile Jacques de Malenfant, seigneur de Preyssac.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
17th century mid brown calf; gold tooled floral roll on board edges; gold tooled single fillet, floral roll and letters on spine; gilt and gauffred edges, presumably relating to an earlier binding; four raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Red ruled pages.
Subject
Medea consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)
Subject
Jason (Mythological character)
Subject
Argonauts (Greek mythology) Poetry.
Added entry--name
Apollonius Rhodius. Argonautica. Latin. 1548.
Added entry--name
Gryphius, Sebastianus, 1493 - 1556 printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Malenfant, Jacques de, 1530 - 1603 former owner.
Added entry--title
Argonautica (Orphic epic). Latin. 1548.
Added entry--place
France Lyon.
Identifier
B46010