Author
Quintilian
Title
M. Fabii Quintiliani rhetoris clarissimi, Oratoriarum institutionum libri XII. : Doctissimorum uirorum, Ioachimi Camerarij, Ioannis Sichardi, aliorumq[ue] opera ac studio partim ex meliorum codicum collatione restituti sibi, partim annotationibus illustrati. Quibus sparsim quoq[ue] adiecimus Gul. Philandri Castilionei castigationes. Indicem præterea rerum & uerborum memorabilium locupletissimum..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Oratoriarum institutionum libri XII
Imprint
Basileæ : per Nicolaum Bryling., Anno M. D. XLVIII. [1548]
Physical description
[8], 716, [32] p. ; 18 cm (8vo)
Note
Woodcut title device; initials.
Note
Errata on recto of final leaf; printer's device on verso.
Note
With index.
Provenance
"Theodo. Westre" blind stamped on upper board; "Anno 1551" stamped on lower board.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century tan calf over paper boards, reusing sections of an 16th-century binding. The ninetenth-century portions are decorated with a blind roll at perimeter of boards, around board edges, and on turn-ins. The 16th-century panels are decorated with fillets and rolls. Title in ink on fore-edge.
Copy-specific note
Ink inscription in 16th-century hand on upper endleaf, crossed through. What looks like "Theodor[...] Westri" (scored through) is at the head of the inscription.
Subject
Oratory Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rhetoric, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Brylinger, Nikolas, active 1537-1565 printer.
Added entry--name
Camerarius, Joachim, 1500-1574 editor.
Added entry--name
Sichardt, Johannes, 1499-1552 editor.
Added entry--name
Westre, Theodor, active 16th century former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
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