Author
Apollonius, Rhodius
Uniform title
Argonautica
Title
Apollōniou tou Rhodiou Argonautikōn biblia 4. = Apollonii Rhodii Argonautic[ō]n libri IIII. Scholia vetusta in eosdem libros, quæ palmam inter alia omnia in alios poetas scripta, obtinere existimantur. / Cum annotationibus Henrici Stephani: ex quibus, quantam in hanc editionem contulerit diligentiam, cognosci poterit..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Argonautikōn biblia 4
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Apollonii Rhodii Argonautic[ō]n libri IIII
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Argonautic[ō]n libri IIII
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Apollonii Rhodii Argonauticon libri IIII
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Argonauticon libri IIII
Imprint
[Geneva] : Excudebat Henricus Stephanus., Anno M. D. LXXIIII. [1574]
Physical description
[8], 240 p. ; 22 cm (4to)
Note
Printer's device with motto "Noli altum sapere" on title page.
Note
Place of publication from Adams.
Note
First part of title in Greek characters, transliterated.
Note
Text surrounded by commentary.
Note
Signatures: [paragraph]⁴ a-z⁴ A-H⁴.
Note
Initials.
Citation/references note
Adams, A1316
Citation/references note
CLC, A880
Language
Parallel title and preliminaries in Latin; text in Greek only.
Provenance
Illegible signature on title page.
Provenance
Inscription at foot of title page: "Ex bibl. P. de Cardonnel 1667".
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Roland du Jardin Seigneur des Roches on verso of title page.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century diced calf; blind fillets and rolls forming deep rectangular frame at perimeter of boards; gilt tooling on spine; blind roll around board edges; blind roll on turn-ins; brown endleaves; text block edges stained red. A scrap of paper with instructions "Bind in whole Russia handsomely- Apollonius Rhodius: cura H. Stephani Paris 1574" has been tipped in on fol. [paragraph]2.
Copy-specific note
Manuscript notes at head of title page (in two different hands), one of which is "north 4 s."; copious manuscript annotations on pages 67-75.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: Kallimachou Kyrēnaiou hymnoi (Paris, 1574).
Subject
Argonauts (Greek mythology) Early works to 1800.
Subject
Epic poetry, Greek Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598 commentator.
Added entry--name
Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598 printer.
Added entry--name
Cardonnel, P. de (Pierre), -1667 former owner.
Added entry--name
Jardin, Roland du former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Geneva.
B9261
UKSbSC
20190725100116.1