Demosthenis et Aeschinis principum Graeciae oratorum opera, . cum vtriusque autoris vita & Vlpiani commentaries, nouisq[ue] scholiis, ex quarta eaq[ue] postrema recognitione, Graecolatina: sex codicum impressorum, & inter hos Parisiensis nuper editi: duorum manuscriptorum, alterius Pannonii, alterius ex Augustana bibliotheca fidelissimi collatione, à mendis repurgata, variis lectionibus adaucta, annotationibud illustrata: per Hieronymum Wolfium . His recens accedit vita Demosthenis ex parallelis Andreae Schotti . Catalogum operum praefationi subiecimus, indicem quoq[ue] rerum & verborum locupletissimum in fine adiecimus.
Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1604
Materials
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3068991
Summary
Bibliographic description
[68],lxxiiii,[6],1464,[44]p. . ill.., ports.. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: K.7.18; G.11.1 Identified in 1796 inventory: F 262, price Đ2. 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. This has been pasted over an earlier bookplate, probably that of Robert Myddelton (1678-1733).. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding (rubbed); double gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine. Marbled endpape.
Makers and roles
Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE) Socraticus Aeschines Andreas Schottus (1552-1629) Hieronymous Wolf (1516 - 1580)