Dēmosthenous Logōn tmēma prōton. = Demosthenis Orationum, nunc longe diligentiore quàm unquam hactenus recognitione emendatarum, pars prima. In qua deliberatiuae sexdecim eius orationes, unà cum exordijs deliberatiuis, & duae demonstratiuae continentur.
Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1547
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3219266
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v. ; 8vo. Imperfect: part 3 only. Inscribed below imprint in Greek [unread]. Mariganl Greek ink annotation: **4v. Provenance: eighteenth-century sepia armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]; pasted over plate of former owner, possibly 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 border; gilt tooled spine; five raised bands; wants spine label.
Makers and roles
Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE), author