Shelfmark
Ge.2.06
Title
Vitæ uirorum illustrium, autoribus Æmylio Probo de uita excellentium imperatorum, ex uetustorum & probatæ fidei exemplarium collatione, à mendis quibus scatebat, repurgato: cum annotationibus Hieronymi Magii Anglarensis ad V.C. Hieronymum Magnocaballium Nouocomensem. Georgio Cassandro, de uiris illustribus qui ante Procam in Latio fuêre. C. Plinio Secundo de uiris illustribus, cum commentarijs Conradi Lycosthenis: et appendice Georgii Cassandri. C. Suetonio Tranquillo de claris grammaticis & rhetoribus. Fr. Petrarcha de rebus memora[n]dis & uiris illustribus. Lobardo Sirichio in supplemento epitomatis illustrium uirorum. Fl. Philostrato de heroibus troianis, Stephano Nigro: ac de uitis sophistaru[m], Antonio Bonfinio interpretibus. Suida, quotquot imperatorum uitas descripsit, Hermanno Vvitekindo collectore. Accedente rerum & uerborum memorabilium indice copiosissimo..
Varying form of title
Vitae uirorum illustrium
Varying form of title
Vitæ virorvm illvstrivm
Varying form of title
Vitæ virorum illustrium
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileae : Per Henricum Petri., [1563]
Physical description
[28], 695, [1] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Note
Signatures: [alpha]-[beta]⁴ [gamma]⁶ A-N⁶ O⁸ P-Z⁶ a-z⁶ 2A-2K⁶ 2L⁴ 2M⁶.
Note
Above imprint on title-page: Cum gratia & priuilegio Cæsareæ Maiestatis.
Note
Colophon reads: Basileæ, per Henricum Petri, anno M.D.LXIII. [1563]
Note
Title-page vignette (printer's device); head- and tail- pieces; initials.
Note
Includes index.
Citation/references note
Adams, V889
Provenance
Book label of John Reynolds on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
Ms. at foot of title-page: "Balthasar Lydius".
Binding
Contemporary parchment over boards; goatskin spine label with gilt title in triple-gold-fillet frame: "Vitæ illustriu virorum".
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fi.1.02.
Subject
Rome (Italy) Biography Early works to 1800.
Subject
Greece Biography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
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Added entry--name
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304 - 1374 De rebus memorandis.
Added entry--name
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304 - 1374 De viris illustribus.
Added entry--name
Petri, Heinrich, 1508 - 1579 printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B48421