De abusu linguae Graecae, in quibusdam vocibus quas Latina vsurpat, Admonitio Henrici Stephani. Eiusdem tetrastichon.
Henri Estienne (1531-1598)
Category
Books
Date
1563
Materials
Place of origin
Geneva
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3198561
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 107, [1] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 5400. With 93 blank leaves bound-in at end. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "C. & P. /" [i.e. the "collated and perfect" mark of the bibliophile Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725)]. Manuscript initial letter on front fly-leaf: "D". Binding: eighteenth-century calf; blind double fillet border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine with fillet panels, stamps and roll pattern at head and foot, and with gilt title label and date stamp. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Henri Estienne (1531-1598), author