Diodori Siculi bibliothecæ historicæ libri XV. . hoc est, quotquot Græcè extant de quadraginta. quorum quinque nunc iterum Latinè diligenter recogniti, & chronologia illustrati eduntur. Interiecta vero est, Dictys Cretensis & Daretis Phrygii de bello Troiano historia, & Tryphiodori Aegyptij, Ilij excidium, Gulielmo Xylandro interprete ... In calce operis accessere fragmenta historica eiusdem Diodori Latinè uersa.
Diodorus Siculus (ac. c. 30 BC - c. 60 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1578
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092899
Summary
Bibliographic description
[40], 223, [8], 224-715, [1] p. . fol... Provenance: manuscript inscription: Jo: Horton pret: 5s. On t.p.: JS. Prices and bookseller's note on front end papers and t.p. Occasional marginal marks and notes, some in English (eighteenth century?).. Binding: Sixteenth or early seventeenth century English blind tooled centrepiece binding; holes for ties; rebacked.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Diodorus Siculus (ac. c. 30 BC - c. 60 BC) Dares Phrygius Cretensis Dictys Tryphiodorus (fl.3rd or 4th century) Henri Estienne (1531-1598) Johann Jacob Grynaeus (1540-1617) Wilhelm Xylander (1532 - 1576)