Aratou Soleos Phainomena k[a]i Diosemeia. . Theonos scholia. Eratosthenous Katasterismoi. Metron tes periphereias. Tou kubou diplasiasmos. Koskinon. Tou Neilou pegai. Tou kanonos tome. Dionysiou hymnoi. Accesserunt annotationes in Eratosthenem et hymnos Dionysii.
Aratus (c.315/310 – 240 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1672
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3006980
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],147,[13],56,55-69,[1]p.,[3] plates (2 folded) . ill.. (woodcuts), music . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: H.2.7. 2 double leaves of plates. Identified in 1796 inventory: O 330, price 1s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 645.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled sheepskin binding; double gilt fillet border, with gilt floral cornerpiece stamps; blind roll on board edges; recessed cords; gilt fillets on spine.
Makers and roles
Aratus (c.315/310 – 240 BC) Eratosthenes (c.276- c.195 BC) Eudoxus of Cnidus (c.400-c.350 BC) Theon of Alexandria (fl.364) Theon of Smyrna (100 AD) John Fell (1625-1686) Bishop of Oxford