Author
Longinus, active 1st century
Uniform title
On the sublime. Latin & Greek.
Title
Dionysiou Longinou peri hypsous hypomnēma. = Dionysii Longini De sublimitate commentarius, / quem nova versione donavit, notis illustravitm, & partim Manuscriptorium ope, partim conjecturâ emendavit (additis etiam omnibus ejusdem Auctoris Fragmentis) Zacharias Pearce, A.M. Regiæ Majestiati à sacris domesticis, &c..
Edition
Editio secunda, notis & emendationibus auctior..
Imprint
Londini: : Ex officinâ Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts., MDCCXXXII. [1732]
Physical description
xxxv, [1], 301, [23] p. : ill., frontis. ; 20 cm (8vo)
Note
Signatures: A⁸, a⁸, b² B-X⁸ Y².
Note
With initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Note
Errata on leaf b2v.
Note
Engraved frontispiece is signed "L.Cheron inv." and "G. Vander Gucht Sculp".
Note
Frontispiece included in pagination and register.
Note
The first five words of the title transliterated from the Greek.
Note
Title page printed in red and black.
Note
Traditionally attributed to Longinus; real author is unknown.
Note
"Dionysii Longini Fragmenta.": divisional half-title on fol. S1r.
Bibliography, etc. note
With an index.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T87458
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 4333, no. 03).
Language
Parallel Greek and Latin texts.
Provenance
Inscription on upper pastedown: "John Scrope".
Provenance
Inscription on upper endleaf: "Herbert Hawes e Colle[...] Winton."; armorial bookplate of Reverend Herbert Hawes, with address “Rollestone Street, Salisbury.”. There is another bookplate beneath.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
18th-century sprinkled brown calf over rope fibre boards; sewn on five supports (only three are laced into the boards); gilt fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards; spine with five raised bands and gilt fillets; blind roll around board edges; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Manuscript notes on upper endleaves, including what appears to be a quotation from Mr. Pope; obscured by bookplates.
Subject
Rhetoric, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Subject
Sublime, The Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Pearce, Zachary, 1690-1774 translator.
Added entry--name
Chéron, Louis, 1655-1725 artist.
Added entry--name
Van der Gucht, Gerard engraver.
Added entry--name
Tonson, Jacob, 1682-1735 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Watts, John, -1763 printer.
Added entry--name
Hawes, Herbert, -1837 former owner.
Added entry--name
Scrope, John former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
B9319
UKSbSC
20190813161047.8