B19140
Language code
grc, lat
Shelfmark
Fa.2.06
Author
Thucydides
Uniform title
[De bello Peloponnesiaco., Latin & Greek, 1594]
Title
Thoukudidou tou olorou, peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto. Thvcydidis olori filii, de bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Lavrentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano nuper recognita, quam Æmilius Portus, Francisci Porti Cretensis F. paternos commentarios accuratè sequutus, ab infinita gravissimorum errorum multitudine novissimè repurgavit, magnaq diligentia passim expolitam innovavit.
Varying form of title
Thucydidis olori filii, de bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo.
Edition
In hac postremo editione quid præterea præstetur, sequens pagina docet.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Francofurti :, Apud heredes Andreæ Wecheli, Claudium Marnium, & Ioan. Aubrium,, M.D. XCIV [1594].
Physical description
[16], 631, [1]p, 568 columns, [48]p ;, 35cm.
Note
Previously: Ca.2.12.
Note
Greek text and Latin translation in parallel columns; Latin commentary.
Note
Printers device on title page and last page, headpiece and initial.
Note
Type and ornaments would suggest that the book was printed at the Estienne shop (either by Henri or his son Paul) at Geneva for the Wechel firm of Frankfurt. Cf. Schreiber, F. Estiennes, 1982, p. 233-234.
Citation/references note
Adams T668; BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 860
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Circular armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
16th-century brown armorial panelled calf; triple blind fillet to form a border; six raised bands; remains of two clasps; red spine label.
Subject
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War.
Subject
Classical literature, Early works to 1800.
Subject
Armenia (Place), History, Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
Added entry--name
Valla, Lorenzo
Added entry--name
Estienne, Henri, printer.
Added entry--name
Portus, Aemilius
Added entry--name
Marnius, Claudius, printer.
Added entry--name
Aubry, Jean, printer.
Added entry--name
Wechel, Andreas, printer.
Added entry--place
Germany, Frankfurt.
B19140
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