Shelfmark
Ge.4.03(01)
Author
Title
Petri Gyllii De Bosporo Thracio libri III..
Varying form of title
De Bosporo Thracio libri III
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugduni, : Apud Gulielmum Rouillium, sub scuto Veneto., M.D.LXI. [1561]
Physical description
[8], 263, [1] p. ; 23 cm. (4to)
Language
Text in Latin with small sections in Greek.
Note
May have been issued with the edition of Gilles' "De topographia Constantinopoleos" published in Lyon under the same imprint the same year.
Note
Woodcut printer's device on title-page.
Note
Signatures: [dagger]⁴ a-z⁴ A-K⁴.
Note
Woodcut head- and tail- pieces and initials.
Citation/references note
Adams, G1612
Provenance
Book label of John Reynolds on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary parchment over boards; Yapp edges; ms. spine title: "P. Gyllius de Bosporo Thracio"; text block edges stained red.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: title-page damaged, with some loss of text.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fd.3.15.
Copy-specific note
Bound with Gilles' "De topographia Constantinopoleos", 1562.
Subject
Bosporus (Turkey) Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Subject
Bosporus (Turkey) History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Rouillé, Guillaume, 1518? - 1589 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Lyon.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B48522