Polyainou Stratēgēmatōn bibloi oktō. = Polyaeni Strategematum libri octo. / Justo Vultejo interprete. Pancratius Maasvicius recensuit, Isaaci Casauboni, nec non suas, notas adjecit.
Polyaenus (fl.2nd century)
Category
Books
Date
1690
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3086714
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24], 832, [40] p. ; 8vo. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Manuscript inscription on titlepage: Caroli Bernard. Binding: Vellum prize binding from the Hague. Seventeenth-century? vellum over boards on three alum-tawed thongs, red and brown sprinkled edges, remains of two pairs of green silk ties. Manuscript spine title: Polyæni Strategemat.
Makers and roles
Polyaenus (fl.2nd century), author Isaac Casaubon (1559 - 1614), commentator Pancratius Masvicius (1658-1719), editor Justus Vultejus (1528-1575), translator