Theokritou tou Syrakousiou Eidyllia kai Epigrammata. Moskou Syrakousiou, Biōnos Smyrnaiou, Simmiou Rodiou ta sōzomena. Theocriti Syracusii Idyllia & Epigrammata cum mss. Palat. collata. Moschi, Bionis, Simmii opera quae exstant. Iosephi Scaligeri & Isaaci Casauboni emendationes seorsim dabuntur.
Theocritus (c.308-c.240 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1596
Materials
Place of origin
Heidelberg
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3194767
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 pts. in 1 v. ([16], 319, [1]; 30, [2]; 150, [2] p.) ; 8vo. Running number: 5180. Imperfect: wanting first [16] p. (quire *) of pt. 1 and all of pt. 2. Pt. 3 mis-bound before pt. 1. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript number on front pastedown: "1970". Manuscript reference notes on title page of pt. 3 and leaf A1 of pt. 1. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with remnants of gilt title label. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Theocritus (c.308-c.240 BC), author Moschus of Syracuse (fl.150 BC) Bion, of Phlossa near Smyrna (fl.100 BC) Simmias, of Rhodes (fl.300 BC) Joseph Juste Scaliger (1540-1609) Isaac Casaubon (1559 - 1614)