The historical library of Diodorus the Sicilian. In fifteen books. Containing the antiquities of Egypt, Asia, Africa, Greece, the Islands, and Europe. Also an historical account of the affairs of the Persians, Grecians, Macedonians, and other parts of the world. To which are added, the fragments of Diodorus that are found in the Bibliotheca of Photius: ... Made English, by G. Booth, Esq;.
Diodorus Siculus (ac. c. 30 BC - c. 60 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1721
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3208915
Summary
Bibliographic description
[30], 444,245-246,473-558,561-783 [i.e. 784], 779-797, [33]p, [3] plates. maps. fol. Additional 1700 tp. to 'last ten books' but wants one of two 'Fragments' part titles. Provenance: not indigenous. Library of the Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, with armorial bookplate 'North Library. Press mark 10.G.5. ... 1860'. Macclesfield armorial blind stamp through preliminary leaves. Pastedown also has ink ms. shelfmark: XI.2.31. Purchased 2011. Binding: eighteenth-century panelled calf; gilt tooled spine; on six raised bands; spine label part missing.
Makers and roles
Diodorus Siculus (ac. c. 30 BC - c. 60 BC), author George Booth of Chester (1635-1719), editor