2 v. in 1 ; 21 cm (4to)

Portion of title (*1 recto) romanized from Greek characters

Edited by Markos Mousouros

Includes in Part I: Greek exercise letters and letters, genuine and supposititious, of Synesius, Demosthenes, Plato, Aristoteles, Philippus Rex Macedonum, Alexander Magnus, Hippocrates, Heraclitus, Diogenes, Crates, Anacharsis, Euripides, Pythagoraei, Alciphron, Philostratus, Theophylactus Simocatta, Aelianus, Aeneas Gazaeus, Procopius Gazaeus, Dionysius Antiochenus, Lysis Pythagoraeus, Amasis, Musonius. Part II: Basilius Magnus, Libanius, Chion, Aeschines, Isocrates, Phalaris, Pythagoras, Brutus, Apollonius Tyaneus, Julianus imperator, and Lex de archiatris

Part 2 has title: Epistolai, Basileiou tou megalou, Libaniou tou sophistou, Chiōnos tou Platōnikou, Aischinou kai Isokratous tōn rhētorōn, Phalaridos tou tyraunou, Broutou Rōmaiou, Apollōniou tou tyaneōs, Ioulianou tou parabatou = Epistolae, Basilii Magni, Libanii rhetoris, Chionis Platonici, Aeschinis & Isocratis oratorum, Phalardis Tyranni, Bruti Romani, Apollonii Tyanensi, Iuliani Apostatae.

Part 1 colophon: Venetiis apud Aldum mense Martio M.ID. cum priuilegio ut in caeteris

Part 2 colophon: Enetiēsi kai touto par Aldō tois ... = Venetiis apud Aldum. eade[m] qua caetera co[n]ditione.

Signatures: part 1: *⁶ [alpha]-[epsilon]¹² [digamma]¹² [zeta]-[eta]⁸ [theta]¹⁰ [iota]-[tau]⁸ 2[tau]⁶ [upsilon]-[omega]⁸ [Alpha]-[Gamma]⁸ [Delta]⁴; part 2: ²[alpha]-[epsilon]⁸ [zeta]-[eta]⁶ [theta]-[rho]⁸ [sigma]⁶.

Chancery quarto; [alpha]3 recto: 26 lines, 148 x 100 mm; types: 114Gk, 114R; initial spaces with guide letters

"Epistolares stili & nomina eoru[m] qui co[m]posueru[n]t quas hoc uolumen continet epistolas. Synesius, Demosthenes, Plato, Aristoteles, Philippus, Alexander, Hippocrates, Democritus, Heraclitus, Diogenes, Crates, Anacharsis, Euripides, Theano, Melissa, Mya, Alciphron, Philostratus, Theophylactus, Aelianus, Aeneas, Procopius, Dionysius, Lysis, Amasis, Musonius ..."--Part 1, leaf [2] recto

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.80 imperfect: [zeta]8 (=blank) wanting. Part 2 bound-in before part 1. Leaf dimensions: 204 x 150 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.80 with pencil dealer's notes, etc., including "SLB504" (Gilhofer & Ranschburg?). Ink stamp of the Austrian bundesdenkmalamt on front pastedown. Shelfmark (c.2 B.4) written in ink on front pastedown. On front flyleaf verso: "Dr. Bentley's Dissertations." Autograph of Robert Davies on first leaf of part 1 (appears again on [eta]1 of part 2; here conjectured to be that of Robert Davies of Llannerch, 1658-1710). Early/contemporary marginalia throughout. Bookplate of the BPL Charlotte Harris Fund on rear pastedown. Purchased in March, 1937.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.80 bound in ca. 17th-century mottled calfskin panelled and tooled in blind, rebacked in modern brown goatskin. All text block edges sprinkled blue and red.

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews