Libaniou Sophistou Progymnasmata kai meletai. = Libanii Sophistae Praeludia oratoria LXXII. Declamationes XLV. et Dissertationes morales. . Federicus Morellus regius interpres è mss. maximè Reg. Bibliothecae nunc primùm edidit: idémque Latine vertit. Adiectae sunt notae & variae lectiones, cum duplici indice locupletissimo. Ad Henricum IV. regem christianissimum.
Libanius (c.314-392/3)
Category
Books
Date
1606
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038741
Summary
Bibliographic description
[88],948,[34]p. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: J.11.4. Shelved and uniform with vol. 2 of Libanius's works (Paris: Claude Morel, 1627). Engraved portrait ('Henricus Florent. Laurin ...') as front pastedown. Bookseller's code on pastedown: "M.=c 2 vol. cA. Kc. M=". Identified in 1796 inventory (as 2 vols.): F 264, price 13s. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 654.. Provenance: Bookplate: John Myddelton Esqr. of Chirk Castle Denbighshire [i.e. John Myddelton (1685-1747)] (the plate of Robert Myddelton of Chirk Castle with inscription altered); Jacobean armorial, after 1733. Franks 21457.. Binding: Seventeenth-century plain vellum binding, with fore-edges folded over and remains of parchment ties. Gold-tooled spine, with gilt calf title label. Edges stained blue.
Makers and roles
Libanius (c.314-392/3) Fédéric Morel (1552-1630)