Shelfmark
Gh.9.25
Author
Uniform title
[Antiquitatum variarum autores.]
Title
Antiquitatum variarum autores, quorum catalogum sequens continent pagella
Varying form of title
Antiqvita-tvm varia-rvm avto-res, Quorum catalogum se-quens continent pagella
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lvgdvni, : apvd haered. Seb. Gryphii., 1560..
Physical description
928 p. ; 12 cm. (16mo)
Note
This purported collection of works in Latin by Greek and Latin authors is actually a forgery by Giovanni Nanni. Cf. Gesamtkat. der Wiegendrucke, under Annius, Johannes (OCLC).
Note
Printer's device on title-page, with motto: 'virtute duce, comite fortuna'; decorated initials.
Note
Signatures: a-z⁸, A-Z⁸, aa-mm⁸.
Formatted contents note
Contents: $aContents: Myrsilis Lesbii De origine Italiae & Tyrrhenorum.--M. Porcii Catonis Originum.--Archilochi De temporibus.--Berosi Babylonii antiquitatum.--Manethonis De regibus Aegyptiorum.--Metasthenis Annalium Persicarum.--Xenophontis De Aequivocis.--Q. Fabii Pictoris De aureo seculo & de origine urbis Romae.--C. Sempronii De divisione Italiae.--Philonis Judaei antiquitatum bibliocarum.--C. Julii Solini Polyhistor.--Pomponii Melae De situ orbis; cum Petri Joan. Olivarii annotationibus.--Pomponii Laeti De antiquitatibus urbis Romae.--Topographiae veteris Romae Joan. Bartholmaei Marliani epitome.--P. Victoris De urbis Romae regionibus & locis.-- Pomponii Laeti De Romanis magistratibus, sacerdotiis, jurisperitis & legibus, ad Pantagathum libellus.--L. Fenestellae De magistratibus sacerdotiisque Romanorum.
Citation/references note
Adams, A2121
Citation/references note
Neil R. Ker, Pastedowns in Oxford Bindings with a Survey of Oxford Binding, c.1515-1620 (Oxford, 1954), p. 218, pl. VIII
Provenance
Ms. signatures on title-page: 'Joannis Dightomis; 'John Brown'.
Binding
17th-century dark brown calfskin over pasteboard (damaged but repaired), possibly made in Oxford. Gilt tooled centrepiece resembling Ker, pl. VIII, n. xix. Spine with four sewing supports, undecorated, with modern shelfmark label. Single head- and end-bands with modern alternating yellow and green thread. Textblock lightly rounded. Endpapers and pastedowns of undecorated modern wove paper.
Subject
Literary forgeries and mystifications Early works to 1800.
Subject
History, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Haeredes Sebastiani Gryphii printer.
Added entry--place
France Lyon.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50790