Dēmosthenous logoi, kai prooimia dēmēgorika, kai epistolai, sun tais exēgēsesin ōphelimōtatais, tou Oulpianou rhētoros, tē tōn palaiōn autigraphōn basilikōn epikouria auxētheisais kai diorthōtheisais, dia philoponias, kai epimeleias tou Goulielmou Moreliou, typographou basilikou. Ek Bibliothēkēs basilikēs. Proetethē bios Dēmosthenous, kai alla polla, pros ton tou autou rhētoros bion anēkonta, ek sychnōn syngrapheōn syllechthenta. Elenchos tōn logōn kai prooim. dēmēgorikōn, kai epistolōn, meta ta prolegomena tou Oulpianou.
Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1570
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3001931
Summary
Bibliographic description
[52], 798, [2] p. ; fol. Water staining on foot leaves throughout. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Pieces of paper bearing manuscript inscriptions cut-out and pasted onto front pastedown: (1) "Will Windham" [i.e. William Windham I (1647-1689)]; and (2) "0 15tt / No. 24. [crossed-out] [symbol].bis[?] tout grec / W Windham Londini. Marti. 2do. 1773. const. 18. ldls.[?]" [i.e. William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Manuscript inscriptions on title page: (1) "No. 24" [crossed-out]; (2) "+"; (3) "141."; (4) "129" [crossed-out]; (5) "Steph. Delalande"; (6) "Croset" [crossed-out]; and (7) "Courtin 1711". Latin inscription in pencil on recto of final leaf. Former shelfmark in pencil on front pastedown: "J7". Number in black ink on rear pastedown: "07". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled sheepskin; sewn on five supports; single gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern on board edges; gilt fillets at head and tail of spine and gilt title 'Demosthenis Opera. Lambinus' on brown leather label, spine otherwise plain; red sprinkled bookblock edges; nineteenth-century endpapers.
Makers and roles
Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE), author Ulpianus of Ascalon (fl.324-337), commentator Bienné, Jean, editor Denys Lambin (1520-1572), editor Morel, Guillaume, editor Bienné, Jean, publisher