Platōnos hapanta ta sōzomena. = Platonis opera quae extant omnia. Ex noua Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusde[m] notis illustrata: quibus & methodus & doctrinae summa breuiter & perspicuè indicatur. Eiusdem annotationes in quosdam suae illius interpretationis locos. Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpretatione iudicium, & multorum contextus Graeci emendatio.
Plato (c.428-c.348 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1578
Materials
Place of origin
Geneva
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3009387
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v. ([36], 542, [2]; [8], 992; [8], 416, 139, [1] p.) ; fol. Provenance: monogram on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "CMC. 1766." [i.e. Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (1730-1799)]. Eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [probably William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Slip of paper loosely inserted at front of vol. 1 bearing address "William Windham Esqr, Felbrigg, Aylsham, Norfolk" and remnants of red and blue wax seals. Manuscript code on vol. 1 front pastedown, partially scribbled over: "(to)=(o)". Manuscript code on vol. 1 rear pastedown: "oTo To-o ...", the rest scribbled over. Former Felbrigg shelfmark in pencil: L.7. Binding: eighteenth-century full mottled calf; sewn onto six raised bands; double gilt fillet border; gilt spine tooling plus author/title and vol. number; gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Plato (c.428-c.348 BC), author Henri Estienne (1531-1598), editor Jean de Serres (1540?-1598) , translator Henri Estienne (1531-1598), publisher