Shelfmark
Gg.2.12
Author
Title
Ludovici Cælii Rhodigini Lectionum antiquarum libri triginta, / recogniti ab auctore, atque ita locupletati, ut tertia plus parte auctiores sint redditi: ob omnifariam abstrusarum et reconditiorum tàm rerum quàm vocum explicationem (quas vix unius hominis ætas, libris perpetuò insudans, obseruaret) meritò cornucopiae seu thesaurus utriusque linguæ appellandi.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Lectionum antiquarum libri triginta
Edition
Postrema editio, / ab innumeris non solùm mendis, sed etiam luxationibus, hiatibus & defectibus, quibus nuperæ editiones deturpatæ erant, magnâ curâ, laboréque Herculeo liberata & emendata, pristinoq́ue nitori restituta..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Francofurti et Lipsiæ. : Sumptibus Christiani Gerlachii & Simonis Beckensteinii. Typis Danielis Fieveti., Anno M. DC. LXVI. [1666]
Physical description
[14] p., 1720 columns, [130] p. ; 34 cm. (Fo.)
Note
Title page printed in red and black, with vignette; half-title.
Note
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Note
Includes index.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate recording gift to Eton College by Edward Waddington in 1731 and engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Binding
Contemporary mid brown spattered calf; blind tooled double fillet border with tulip ornaments at each corner; front board consolidated; gold tooled floral roll on board edges; spine rebacked in late 20th or early 21st century in light brown spattered calf with blind tooled double fillet and dark red morocco spine label; five raised bands; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Cg.3.11, Al.4.22.
Subject
Classical literature Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Gerlach, Christian, active 1652 - 1677 publisher.
Added entry--name
Beckenstein, Simon, ? - c. 1669? publisher.
Added entry--name
Fievet, Daniel, ? - 1673 printer.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Frankfurt am Main.
Added entry--place
Germany Leipzig.
Identifier
B49875