Shelfmark
Gh.8.27
Author
Title
Apophthegmata ex probatis Græcæ Latinæque linguæ scriptoribus. A Conrado Lycosthene collecta, & per locos communes, iuxta alphabeti seriem, digesta. Postremâ hac editione diligenter recognita, ... Accesserunt Parabolæ, siue similitudines, ab Erasmo ex Plutarcho & aliis olim excerptæ, deinde per Lycosthenen dispositæ, ac nunc primùm aliquot centuriis auctiores editæ..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Genevæ, : Sumptibus Petri Chouët., M. DC. LXVIII. [1668]
Physical description
2 pts. in 1 v. ([16], 768; [16], 126, [2] p.) ; (16 cm.) 8⁰
Note
The Parabolae have separate t.p. and paging: Parabolarum siue similitudinum, quæ ex Aristotele, Plutarcho, Plinio ac Seneca, grauissimis authoribus, olim ab Erasmo Roterodamo collectæ, postea per Conradum Lycosthenem ad suas classes iuxta alphabeti ordinem reuocatæ sunt, loci communes: postremâ hac & omnium emendatissima editione, tum ex Cicerone, tum ex ipso Seneca & aliis plurimisque Centurijs, ... aucti.
Note
Title vignette; head and tail pieces; initials.
Note
Text in double columns.
Note
Signatures: [par.]⁸ A-Z⁸ Aa-Zz⁸ Aaa-Bbb⁸, *⁸ a-h⁸.
Provenance
Bookplate of Edward Waddington dated 1731 on the back pastedown.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College on the front pastedown.
Binding
Late 17th or early 18th-century reverse calf; concentric frames with double blind fillets and small tools on covers; four raised bands and gold titling on spine; red coloured edges; one additional flyleaf on front and back of book; rebacked.
Copy-specific note
Previously Cg.6.15 and Gh.9.26.
Subject
Aphorisms and apothegms Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Erasmus, Desiderius, ? - d. 1536 Parabolae sive similia.
Added entry--name
Chouët, Pierre, 1610 - 1676 printer.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Geneva.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50507