B32871

Language code

lat

Shelfmark

Ff.7.03

Main entry - uniform title

Rhetorica ad Herennium

Title

Rhetoricorum M.T. Ciceronis ad C. Herennium, libri IIII. In eorundem obscura et difficilia loca annotationes perutiles & necessariæ, à Gyberto Longolio conscripta. Eiusdem M.T. Ciceronis De inuentione rhetorica, libri II.

Varying form of title

Rhetoricorvm M.T. Ciceronis ad C. Herennivm, libri IIII

Varying form of title

Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium, libri IIII

Publication, distribution, etc.

Coloniae Agrippinae :, Apud hæredes Arnoldi Birckmanni,,, Anno 1563..

Physical description

381, [3] p. ;, 16 cm.

Note

Final leaf Aa8 blank.

Note

Woodcut printer's device on title-page.

Note

Printed marginalia; woodcut historiated initials.

Provenance

Ms. ex-libris inscription in a late 16th-century hand on leaf Aa7v: "Verus e[st] Gulihelmus Chetwynde huis libri pocessor Oxonie emptus, est hic liber et teste Roberto Astono qui nebulo est ut ita loquor!", repeated with minor variations in another hand; also "William Chetwynde". The two names Chetwynd and Aston may indicate a Staffordshire provenance. A Robert Aston was fellow and scholar of New College in 1564; perhaps barrister of Gray's Inn in 1581. See Birley notebook, Provenance IV.

Provenance

Additional ms. ex-libris inscription on leaf Aa7v of "John Harison", also "John Harrison". John Harrison was head master at Eton, 1630-1636.

Provenance

Ms. ex-libris inscription at head of title, struck through and unread.

Provenance

Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page verso, obscuring ms. annotations.

Binding

Contemporary dark brown calf binding; blind-tooled lozenge centrepiece on both covers; blind fillets to form a border; traces of clasps; rebacked in late 20th-century dark brown calf stained to match; four raised bands.

Copy-specific note

Final blank leaf Aa8 lacking in this copy.

Copy-specific note

Foot of title-leaf cropped to remove inscription.

Copy-specific note

Some ms. marks of emphasis in text; scribblings and doodlings on recto and verso of title-leaf, retained front flyleaf, and leaf Aa7v including evidence of provenance (q.v.).

Subject

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin

Subject

Rhetoric, Ancient, Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, De inventione.

Added entry--place

Germany, Cologne.

001B32871

003LIBRARY CODE

0410#$alat

096##$aFf.7.03

1300#$aRhetorica ad Herennium

24510$aRhetoricorum M.T. Ciceronis ad C. Herennium, libri IIII. In eorundem obscura et difficilia loca annotationes perutiles & necessariæ, à Gyberto Longolio conscripta. Eiusdem M.T. Ciceronis De inuentione rhetorica, libri II.

2463#$aRhetoricorvm M.T. Ciceronis ad C. Herennivm, libri IIII

2463#$aRhetoricorum ad C. Herennium, libri IIII

260##$aColoniae Agrippinae :$bApud hæredes Arnoldi Birckmanni,,$cAnno 1563..

300##$a381, [3] p. ;$c16 cm.

500##$aFinal leaf Aa8 blank.

500##$aWoodcut printer's device on title-page.

500##$aPrinted marginalia; woodcut historiated initials.

561##$aMs. ex-libris inscription in a late 16th-century hand on leaf Aa7v: "Verus e[st] Gulihelmus Chetwynde huis libri pocessor Oxonie emptus, est hic liber et teste Roberto Astono qui nebulo est ut ita loquor!", repeated with minor variations in another hand; also "William Chetwynde". The two names Chetwynd and Aston may indicate a Staffordshire provenance. A Robert Aston was fellow and scholar of New College in 1564; perhaps barrister of Gray's Inn in 1581. See Birley notebook, Provenance IV.

561##$aAdditional ms. ex-libris inscription on leaf Aa7v of "John Harison", also "John Harrison". John Harrison was head master at Eton, 1630-1636.

561##$aMs. ex-libris inscription at head of title, struck through and unread.

561##$aEngraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page verso, obscuring ms. annotations.

563##$aContemporary dark brown calf binding; blind-tooled lozenge centrepiece on both covers; blind fillets to form a border; traces of clasps; rebacked in late 20th-century dark brown calf stained to match; four raised bands.

590##$aFinal blank leaf Aa8 lacking in this copy.

590##$aFoot of title-leaf cropped to remove inscription.

590##$aSome ms. marks of emphasis in text; scribblings and doodlings on recto and verso of title-leaf, retained front flyleaf, and leaf Aa7v including evidence of provenance (q.v.).

650#0$aSpeeches, addresses, etc., Latin

650#0$aRhetoric, Ancient$vEarly works to 1800.

70012$aCicero, Marcus Tullius$tDe inventione.

752##$aGermany$dCologne.