Polybiou tou Lykorta Megapolitou Historion ta sozemena. = . Polybii Lycortae f. Megalopolitani Historiarum libri qui supersunt. Isaacus Casaubonus ex antiquis libris emendauit, Latine vertit, & commentariis illustrauit. Aineiou taklikon te kai poliorketikon ... Aeneae, vetustissimi tactici, commentarius de toleranda obsidione. Is. Casaubonus primus vulgauit, Latinam interpretationem ac notas adiecit. Ad Henricum IIII. Franc. et Nauarr. Regem Christianissimum.
Polybius (c.200 - 118 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1609
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3039125
Summary
Bibliographic description
[60],1080,[32];151,[1]p. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: F.12.4. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 10, price Đ1 11s. 6d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 642.. 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: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet and blind roll pattern border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt fillets, roll patterns and floral stamps.
Makers and roles
Polybius (c.200 - 118 BCE) Aeneas Tacticus Isaac Casaubon (1559 - 1614)