Diogenis Laertii De uita et moribus philosophorum libri X. . Cum indice locupletissimo.
Diogenes Laertius (fl.3rd century)
Category
Books
Date
1559
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3093296
Summary
Bibliographic description
468,[20]p. . 16mo.. Former shelfmarks: Ii/8 (in pencil), Ii.3.4 (pencil), Ss.3.10 (black ink). manuscript code and price on title page: "U41" and "pret 5 0-0-".. 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 title page: "Jeff: Gilbert" [i.e. Sir Geoffrey Gilbert (1674-1726), Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, whose library was sold at auction in Gray's Inn in 1728].. Binding: Sixteenth-century calf binding; blind thin thick thin fillet border; blind decorative oval centrepiece stamp; single blind fillet on board edges; blind fillet on spine. Printed waste (index from 'Epitome Galeni') at front and rear.
Makers and roles
Diogenes Laertius (fl.3rd century) Ambrogio Traversari (1386 - 1439)