B33481
Language code
grc, lat
Shelfmark
En.6.10
Collective uniform title
Greek anthology., Latin & Greek., Selections.
Title
Epigrammata graeca ueterum elegantissima, eadem'que latina ab utriusq[ue] linguae doctissimis uersa, atq[ue] in rem studiosorum è diuersis autoribus per Ioannem Soterem collecta.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Friburgi Brisgoiae :, Stephanus Melechus Grauius excudebat,, An. M.D.XLIII. [1544]
Physical description
366, [1] p. ;, 8vo.
Language
Greek text with Latin translations by a number of authors, both classical and humanist.
Note
Includes foreword by Johannes Soter, signed 1525.
Note
Woodcut initials.
Provenance
Monogram in ink on front pastedown: SA.
Binding
Sixteenth century brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet frames; gold tooled leaf fleuron in corners and forming central motif; title and an epigram written in ink on front board; gold tooled five-petal fleurons on spine; traces of book ties; edges stained green.
Copy-specific note
The names of Protestant translaters, including Soter, Melanchthon, Erasmus, have been expunged in ink, though now visible again.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark (not Eton College Library): XXIX-C7.
Subject
Epigrams, Greek, Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Soter, editor.
Added entry--name
Graf, Stephan, printer.
Added entry--name
Melanchthon, Philipp, translator.
Added entry--name
Erasmus, Desiderius, translator.
Added entry--place
Germany, Freiburg im Breisgau
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