Author
Epictetus
Uniform title
Manual. Latin & Greek
Title
Epicteti Enchiridion, hoc est Pugio, siue Ars humanæ uitæ correctrix: : unà cum Cebetis Thebani tabula, qua uitae humanae prudenter instituendae ratio continetur: Græcè et Latinè. Quibus nunc demùm accesserunt, è Græco translata, Simplicii in eundem Epicteti libellum doctissima scholia. Arriani Commentarium de Epicteti Disputationibus libri IIII. Item alia eiusdem argumenti, in studiosorum gratiam, & scholarum usum. / Hieronymo VVolfio interprete: unà cum annotationibus eiusdem. Cum locuplete rerum & uerborum in singulis memorabilium indice: item Caes. Maiest. gratia & priuilegio ad annos decem..
Imprint
Basileae, : Per Ioannem Oporinum., Anno salutis humanae, M.D.LXIII. mense Martio. [1563]
Physical description
3 pt. in 1 v. ([16], 160; 421, [3]; 440 p., [1] folded leaf of plates) : ill. ; 19 cm (8vo)
Note
Pt. 2 and 3 each have separate t.p. and begin new pagination and register. Pt. 2 has title "Tomus II. Epicteti Enchiridion, hoc est Pugio, siue Ars humanae uitae correctrix: cum eruditissimis Simplicii scholiis, Hieronymo VVolfio interprete. Accesserunt & alia, non incommoda studiosis futura: unà cum rerum & uerborum indice copioso"; pt. 3 has title "Tomus III. Arriani Commentariorum de Epicteti Disputationibus libri IIII. Hieronymo VVolfio Oetingensi interprete: adiectis etiam annotationibus eiusdem. Accessit rerum ac uerborum copiosus index".
Note
Date of publication from colophon at end of pt. 2; Colophon reads: Basileae, ex officina Ioannis Oporini, anno salutis humanae, MDLXIII. mense Martio.
Note
The folded plate ("Tabula Cebetis") is a woodcut by David Kandel, signed with his monogram; cf. Nagler II. 457, 1.
Note
Pt. 1 consists of parallel Greek text and Latin translation; pt. 2 consists of Epictetus's text interspersed with Simplicius's Scholia (both translated into Latin from the original Greek); pt. 3 is translated into Latin from the original Greek; in all three pt., the text is interspersed with Wolf's commentary in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek.
Note
Signatures: [alpha]⁸ a-k⁸; 2a-2z⁸ 2A-2C⁸ 2D⁴ (2D4 blank); 3a-3z⁸ 3A-3D⁸ 3E⁴.
Note
Does not include the indexes called for on title pages.
Note
Woodcut initials, marginal notes.
Citation/references note
VD 16, E1611
Citation/references note
Adams, E224
Citation/references note
CLC, E190
Binding
19th-century; half bound in brown calf; boards covered with buff paper; smooth spine with gilt fillets and gilt title; text block edges stained red.
Copy-specific note
Parts bound in following order: Part I Prafatio only; Part II; Part I; Part III.
Subject
Epictetus Manual.
Subject
Ethics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Conduct of life Early works to 1800.
Subject
Stoics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Philosophy, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Cebes, of Thebes Tabula. Latin & Greek.
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Simplicius, of Cilicia Commentarius in Enchiridion Epicteti.
Added entry--name
Arrian Commentariorum de Epicteti disputationibus libri IV.
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Stobaeus Sententiae ex thesauris Grecorum delectae. Selections. Latin.
Added entry--name
Wolf, Hieronymus, 1516-1580 translator.
Added entry--name
Oporinus, Joannes, 1507-1568 printer.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Tomus II. Epicteti Enchiridion, hoc est Pugio, siue Ars humanae uitae correctrix: cum eruditissimis Simplicii scholiis, Hieronymo VVolfio interprete. Accesserunt & alia, non incommoda studiosis futura: unà cum rerum & uerborum indice copioso
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Tomus III. Arriani Commentariorum de Epicteti Disputationibus libri IIII. Hieronymo VVolfio Oetingensi interprete: adiectis etiam annotationibus eiusdem. Accessit rerum ac uerborum copiosus index
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
B9415
UKSbSC
20190916160639.9