Kl. Ailianou sophistou Poikilē historia, = Cl. Aeliani sophistae Varia historia, ad MStos codices nunc primum recognita & castigata, cum versione Justi Vulteji, sed innumeris in locis Graecum auctoris contextum emendata, et perpetuo commentario Jacobi Perizonii. Accedunt indices, & plures, & superioribus longo locupletiores.
Claudius Aelian (c.170 - c.235)
Category
Books
Date
1701
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3218426
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. ([62], 522, [2], 523-1018, [200] p.) : ill. ; 8vo. Bound in two. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]; probably pasted over eighteenth-century early armorial bookplate of Richard Banner [Banner (b. 1696) of Little Aston Hall, sold library to Thomas Anson in about 1745]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; double gilt fillet and blind roll borders; sewn onto five raised bands; double gilt fillets on spines; missing spine labels.
Makers and roles
Claudius Aelian (c.170 - c.235) , author