Apophthegmata ex probatis Graecae Latinaeque linguae scriptoribus. A Conrado Lycosthene collecta, & per locos communes, iuxta alphabeti seriem, digesta. Postrema hac editione diligenter recognita, plurimisq[ue] centuriis, quae hisce notis*.[dagger]. designatae sunt, locupletata. Accesserunt Parabolae, siue Similitudines, ab Erasmo ex Plutarcho & aliis olim excerptae, deinde per Lycosthenem dispositae, ac nunc primùm aliquot centuriis auctiores editae.
Konrad Lykosthenes (1518-1561)
Category
Books
Date
1633
Materials
Place of origin
Geneva
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3199318
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 pts. in 1 v. ([16], 768; [16], 126, [2] p.) ; 8vo. Running number: 5461. Provenance: manuscript former shelfmark: "U.2.16". Manuscript book/inventory number on recto of front fly-leaf: "(273)". Manuscript capital letter on recto of front fly-leaf: "F". Manuscript inscription on verso of front fly-leaf: "30 otolis". Manuscript inscriptions on recto of third front fly-leaf: "P. De Man Non est mortale quod opto" and "Joh. Teil". Binding: seventeenth-century full vellum over boards; large scratch on upper cover; gilt double fillet border, with gilt fleur-de-lys cornerpiece stamps; yapp fore-edges; slots in boards for two pairs of ties (missing, stubs of green linen ties survive inside the boards); manuscript title on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Konrad Lykosthenes (1518-1561) Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536), author