Ton Dionos tou Kassiou tou Kokkeianou Romaïkon historion ta heuriskomena. = . Dionis Cassii Cocceiani Historiae Romanae libri XLVI, partim integri, partim mutili, partim excerpti: Ioannis Leunclauii studio tam aucti quam expoliti. Fragmenta priorum XXXIV amissorum, & posteriorum XX librorum. Notae Leunclauii, quibus Dionia plurima restituuntur. Accedunt & R. Stephani, G. Xylandri, Fr. Sylburgii, H. Stephani, F. Vrsini, notae, quibus Dioni infinitis locis qua lux, qua medela, simul accedit. Adiectus index copiosissimus.
Cassius Dio Cocceianus (155 - 235)
Category
Books
Date
1606
Materials
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038781
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],1054[i.e.1052],[40]p. . geneal. table . 3ʻ.. Previous shelfmark: H.12.5. Printed leaf bound-in before title page, prize leaf of Amsterdam University[?] with woodcut coat of arms: 'Ingenuo magnaeque spei adolescenti [blank = "Regnero Isaci." in ms.] Propter insignes in artibus humanioribus progressus in classe [blank = "secunda."] Praemium hoc literarium, virtutis & honoris ergô dederunt ex decreto, in frequenti doctissimorum virorum consessu, amplissimi Dd. Coss. & Scholarchae Amstelodamenses. Quod testor [blank = "Adrianus Junius."] Gymnasi publici in [blank = "nova"] urbis regione rector. Examine [blank = "autumnalj."] M. DC. XLII.' Identified in 1796 inventory: F 21, price 5s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 654.. Provenance: Bookplate: Robert Myddelton Esqr of Chirk Castle Denbigh shr [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]; Jacobean armorial. Franks 21461.. Binding: Seventeenth-century Dutch gilt panelled vellum prize binding; gilt armorial centrepiece stamp: arms of Amsterdam University[?] (shield with 3 X's, lion supporters, crown); pair of green cloth ties on boards; gilt calf title label on spine.
Makers and roles
Cassius Dio Cocceianus (155 - 235) Henri Estienne (1531-1598) Robert Estienne (1503-1559) Johannes Leunclavius (1533-1593) Fulvio Orsini (1529-1600) Friedrich Sylburg (1536-1596) Wilhelm Xylander (1532 - 1576)