[Greek] ... Ex Ctesia, Agatharchide, Memnone excerptæ historiæ Appiani Ibericæ.
Appianus of Alexandria (95-c.165)
Category
Books
Date
1557
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3032826
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],248p. . 8vo. Not indigenous. Bound (2) with Appian: Hispanica & Annibalica (1560).. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered The Right Honourable Wilmot, Viscount Lisburne. (Not in Franks) [i.e. Wilmot Vaughn (1730-1800), 4th Viscount Lisburne from 1766 to 1776, when he was created 1st Earl]. Pressmark added in eighteenth-century hand: Case 5 Shelf 5 No. 23. Eighteenth-century (?) inscriptions on flyleaf, in different hands: "As.R.56". "2 [?] 9-38", "C.4P/". The words "Henrici Stephani" crossed through in ink on title page and wherever they occur in text. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991).. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf over boards; double gilt fillet; gilt centre panel with gilt fillets and gilt corner tools; gilt-tooled inner borders; spine elaborately gilt; gilt spine title "Appian Ctesia &"; sewn on five raised bands. Green ribbon bookmark sewn in to spine.
Makers and roles
Appianus of Alexandria (95-c.165) Henri Estienne (1531-1598)