Ta tou Anakreontos kai Sapphous melē, =. Anacreontis et Sapphonis carmina. / Notas & animaduersiones addidit Tanaquillus Faber; in quibus multa veterum emendantur.
Sappho (b.c. mid-7th century BC)
Category
Books
Date
1680
Materials
Place of origin
Saumur
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3214489
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 214, [2] p. ; 12mo. Lacks final blank leaf. Leaves E1-4 (pp. 53-60) bound in error between gatherings C and D. Provenance: bookplate of Horace Walpole on t.p. verso [Franks 30740, 30741 or 30742]. Historic shelfmark (not NT): G2-9. Pencil notes on front pastedown: "691 Sothebys. Oct 8. 1947" and "Horace Walpole's Copy with bookplate on verso of title". Binding: seventeenth-century full sheep; double blind fillet to form a border; blind rolled pattern at joint edge; edge rolled in gilt; sewn onto four raised bands; brown spine label: 'Fabri Anacreon'; red-brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Sappho (b.c. mid-7th century BC) Anacreon (c.582 - c.485 BCE) Tannegui Lefebvre (1615-1672)