Opuscula mythologica, ethica et physica. . Græce & latine. Palæphatus, Heraclitus, Anonymus, Phurnutus, Sallustius, Ocellus Lucanus, Timæus Locrus. Demophilus, Democrates, Secundus, Sextius Pythagoricus, Theophrasti Charactêres, Pythagoricorum fragmenta. Heliodori Larissæi Optica.
Thomas Gale (1635/6-1702) Dean of York
Category
Books
Date
1671
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3021618
Summary
Bibliographic description
[28],111,[3],106,[4]; [6],46,[2],51,[7],24; [6],35,[3],12,[2],44,[2]; [4],96; [2],12,[2]p. . 8vo. Head of title-page cut out to remove inscription. Former shelfmarks: Hh.5 (in pencil), H.V.20 (pencil), Mm.3.5 (black ink), Hh.5.8 (ink).. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754; also found in Wimpole books acquired by his successors]. manuscript inscription on stub at front: "Anth. Spinedgi" [i.e. Anthony Spinedge (1651 or 2-1694), a student at Cambridge University ca. 1681 (cf. ESTC r200438)].. Binding: Seventeenth-century blind-panelled sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with red gilt title label. Edges stained red.
Makers and roles
Thomas Gale (1635/6-1702) Dean of York Demophilus Heliodorus of Larissa (3rd century) Ocelus Lucanus (fl.5th century BC) Palaephatus Phurnutus Sallustius Sextus Pythagoreus Theophrastus (c.372-287 BC) Timaeus, the Sophist