Dēmosthenous, Aischinou, Deinarchou kai Dēmadou ta Sōzomena. Graece et latine. Tomus tertius. Edidit Ioannes Taylor, LL.D. Col. D. Ioan. Cant. Socius et Cancellarius Lincolniensis.
Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1748
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3232579.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
Vol. 3. Without the dedication, which is bound in vol. 2. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Former Felbrigg shelfmark in pencil: "Y5" (crossed-out). With marginal annotations in ink and pencil, plus underlining of text, presumably by William Windham. Binding: early nineteenth-century full Russia leather; recessed cords; false bands on spine; gold-tooled design of double fillet border, two panels of triple and single fillets joined at the corners by large ornate floral tool; gilt zig-zag roll pattern along board edges; triple gilt fillets on turn-ins; spine gilt with fillet, roll and stamp decoration, and title, editor and vol. number lettered directly onto spine; head and tail edges of bookblock are gilt, fore-edge is plain.
Makers and roles
Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE), author Aeschines (c.390 - c.330 BCE), author John Taylor (1704-1766), editor Hieronymous Wolf (1516 - 1580), translator