Menandri et Philemonis reliquiae, . quotquot reperiri potuerunt; Graece et Latine, cum notis Hugonis Grotii et Joannis Clerici, qui etiam novam omnium versionem adornavit, indicésque adjecit.
Menander the Poet
Category
Books
Date
1709
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038935
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],375,[23]p., [2] leaves of plates . ports.. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmarks: L.4.6(1); J.3.11(1). Previous shelfmark: J.3.11(1). manuscript price on front fly-leaf: "2.6". Bound with: Bentley, Richard, "Philargyri Cantabrigiensis Emendationes in Menandri et Philemonis" (1711). Identified in 1796 inventory: O 329, price 3s. 6d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 647.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind panelled calf binding; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Menander the Poet Philemon (fl.3rd/4th century) Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) Jean Le Clerc (1657-1736)