Polybiou tou Lykorta Megalopolitou Historiōn ta sōzomena. = Polybii Lycortae F. Megalopolitani Historiarum libri qui supersunt. Isaacus Casabonus ex antiquis libris emendauit, Latine vertit, & commentariis illustrauit. Aineiou Taktikon te kai poliorkētikon hypomnēma peri tou pōs chrē poliorkoumenon antechein. Aeneae, vetustissimi Tactici, Commentarius de toleranda obsidione. Is. Casaubonus primus vulgauit, Latinam interpretationem ac notas adiecit.
Polybius (c.200 - 118 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1609
Materials
Place of origin
Frankfurt am Main
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3130764
Summary
Bibliographic description
[60], 1080, [32], 151, [1] p. ; fol. Slightly different imprint: "Typis Wechelianis apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Iohannis Aubrii". Without imprint on divisional title for Aeneas' commentary. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Inscription on verso of front free endpaper: "W. Windham Ocr. 1777. Londoni". Manuscript price in pencil on front fly-leaf: "2-15-". Inscription at foot of title page: "Racine". With occasional marginal annotations and underlining of text in pencil or red crayon, a sign that William Windham III has read the book. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; sewn on six raised bands; triple gilt fillet border; double gilt fillet along board edges; gold-tooled spine with floral tools; title label missing; red painted textblock edges; French curl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Polybius (c.200 - 118 BCE), author Aeneas Tacticus, author Isaac Casaubon (1559 - 1614), editor