Batrachomyomachia Graece ad veterum exemplarium fidem recusa: . glossa Graeca; variantibus lectionibus; versionibus Latinis; commentariis & indicibus illustrata.
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1721
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038349
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv,[96],75,[1]p., [2] leaves of plates (1 double plate) . ill.. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: J.3.3. The list of subscribers is bound at the end. Identified in 1796 inventory: O 304, price 4s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 647.. Provenance: Bookplate: Robert Myddelton Esqr of Chirk Castle Denbigh shr [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]; Jacobean armorial. Franks 21461.. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet and blind roll pattern border; gilt roll on board edges; blind roll on turn-ins; gold-tooled spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Homer (800 BC - 701 BC) Michael Maittaire (1667-1747) Carolus Aretinus Franciscus Villerius (1580-1625)