Veterum mathematicorum Athenaei, Apollodori, Philonis, Bitonis, Heronis, et aliorum opera, : Graece et Latine pleraque nunc primum edita. Ex manuscriptis codicibus Bibliothecae Regiae.
Mechanicus Athenaeus (fl.mid-late 1st century BC)
Category
Books
Date
1693
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3191055
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 279, 290-365, [9] p. : ill. ; fol. Running number: 4893. Provenance: manuscript inscription (price code?) on front fly-leaf: "120 [symbol]". Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled sheepskin (very worn, rubbed, torn on front cover); gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title on brown goatskin label. Red and brown sprinkled edges. Curl-patterned marbled pastedowns.
Makers and roles
Mechanicus Athenaeus (fl.mid-late 1st century BC) Apollodorus, of Damascus (fl.1st - 2nd century) Philo, of Byzantium (c.280-c.220 BC) Biton Hero of Alexandria (AD.10–70) Bernardino Baldi (1553 - 1617) Sextus Julius Africanus (c.160 - c.240) Thévenot, Melchisédec Philippe de La Hire (1640-1718) Jean Boivin de Villeneuve (1663-1726)