B29075
Language code
lat, grc
Shelfmark
Fd.5.09
Title
Conciones sive Orationes ex Graecis Latinisque historicis excerptae. :, Quae ex Graecis excerptae sunt, interpretationem Latinam adiunctam habent, nonnullae nouam, aliae iam antea vulgatam, sed nu[n]c demum plerisque in locis recognitam. Argumenta singulis praefixa sunt, lectori adiumento magno futura. Additus est index artificiosissimus & vtilissimus, quo in rhetorica causarum genera, velut in communes locos, singulae conciones rediguntur.
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Conciones seu orationes ex Graecis historicis excerptae. Cum interpretatione Latina
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Orationes ex Graecis Latinisque historicis excerptae
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Geneva] :, Excudebat Henricus Stephanus.,, Anno M.D.LXX. [1570]
Physical description
[20], 278 [i.e. 292], [4], 194, [2] p. ;, Fo.
Language
Latin speeches and Greek speeches with Latin translations.
Note
Printer's device on title page.
Note
Section of Greek excerpts has divisional title: 'Conciones seu orationes ex Graecis historicis excerptae. Cum interpretatione Latina.'
Note
Woodcut initials in preface.
Note
Edited by Henri Estienne; much of the translation was by him and Laurentius Valla.
Note
Errors in pagination: page no 135-138 repeated and page "288" misnumbered 278.
Citation/references note
Schreiber, F. The Estiennes,, 176
Citation/references note
Adams,, C2486
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Late 17th century sprinkled calf; blind tooled double fillet border; two blind tooled inner frames of beaded roll, with arabesque fleurons at each corner; gold tooled beaded roll along board edges; flat spine, with two panels formed of blind tooled double fillet, with arabesque fleurons at each corner; red morocco spine label with gold tooled title and triple fillet frame; edges sprnkled in green and red; medieval music manuscript used as pastedowns.
Copy-specific note
The Latin and Greek sections in this copy have been bound in reverse order; pagination sequence consequently [20], 194, [2], 278 [i.e. 292], [4] p.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fc.2.06.
Copy-specific note
Extensive marginal annotations and underscorings throughout.
Subject
Rhetoric, Ancient, Early works to 1800.
Subject
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin, Early works to 1800.
Subject
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek, Translations into Latin.
Subject
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek, Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Estienne, Henri, printer.
Added entry--name
Valla, Lorenzo, translator.
Added entry--name
Estienne, Henri, translator.
Added entry--place
Switzerland, Geneva.
B29075
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