Sophokleous tragōdiai hepta. = Sophoclis tragoediæ septem : cum variis lectionibus ex Aldo et Turnebo. Adjicitur index ad Sophoclem, copiosissimus et explanatorius. Novum opus, simili modo nondum antehac editum. Notæ quædam subjunguntur.
Sophocles (c. 496-405 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1786 - 1787
Materials
Place of origin
Eton
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3230286
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 342; 285, [1]; [2], 211, [1] p. ; 4to. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "Cremer Cremer St John's Coll: 1816" [i.e. Rev. Cremer Cremer (1795-1867)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; double fillet (thick and thin) to form an outer border; blind rolled inner border; gilt-stamped centrepieces: Tudor rose surmounted by crown on upper board, portcullis surmounted by crown on lower board; sewn onto five raised bands; blind and gilt tooled spine, lettered direct (gilt-tooled): 'Sophocles'; single gilt fillet on board edges; single gilt fillet on turn-ins; marbled text-block edges; marbled endpapers; green ribbon marker.
Makers and roles
Sophocles (c. 496-405 BC) Thomas Morell (1703-1784)