Apollodori Atheniensis Bibliotheces, siue De deorum origine, tam Graecè, quàm Latinè, luculentis pariter, ac doctis annotationibus illustrati, & nunc primum in lucem editi libri tres. Benedicto Aegio Spoletino interprete, accessit etiam libris hisce nominum, rerumq[ue] opulentissimus index. Quibus demum additus est Scipionis Tetti viri apprimedocti de Apollodoris ad Othonem Trucsium Cardinalem amplissimum commentarius.
Apollodorus of Athens
Category
Books
Date
1555
Materials
Place of origin
Rome
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3031730
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 138, [78] leaves ; 8vo. Running number: 5413. Gatherings ²*8 ²**4 bound after A4. Provenance: manuscript inscription on recto of front fly-leaf: ".2s.tt .I8.sth Empt. Parisijs". Manuscript inscription on fly-leaf facing title page: "M. Edit. 1ma. Tetti Comment. de Apollodoris nunquam recusus est" [i.e. catalogue code and edition note written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's code at foot of leaf: "α2/3" [i.e. alpha 2/3 = Greek number 1 2/3]. Manuscript inscription on title page: "Johannis Bailhachaej. 1639 Lugd. Batavor." [i.e. Johannes Bailhachaeus, of Leiden]. Manuscript inscription on verso of leaf ²**4, chiefly in Greek: "Plato lib. 2. peri dikait To Menison peri tōn menisōn pseudos". Binding: seventeenth-century full vellum over boards; sewn on 4 tawed leather supports; yapp fore-edge; two pairs of tawed leather ties (stubs only remain on upper board); manuscript title on spine.
Makers and roles
Apollodorus of Athens, author Benedetto Egio (fl.1550 - 1567), editor Scipione Tetti, author