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Author

Thucydides

Uniform title

History of the Peloponnesian War Latin 1527

Title

Thucydidis Atheniensis historiographi De Bello Peloponnensium Atheniensumque libri VIII. / Laurentio Valla interprete: & nunc à Conrado Heresbachio ad graecum exemplar diligentissime recogniti..

Varying form of title

Portion of title: De Bello Peloponnensium Atheniensumque libri VIII

Varying form of title

Thvcydidis Atheniensis historiographi De Bello Peloponnensivm Atheniensvmqve libri VIII

Varying form of title

Portion of title: De Bello Peloponnensivm Atheniensvmqve libri VIII

Imprint

Coloniae : Eucharius Ceruicornus excudebat,, M. D. XXVII. [1527]

Physical description

[12], 234 p. ; 30 cm (fol)

Note

Signatures: A⁶ ²A⁶ B-T⁶ V⁴ (-V4).

Note

Title within woodcut architectural title border featuring the death of Cleopatra, and mocking of the gods by Dionysius.

Note

Woodcut initials and head-piece.

Note

With index.

Note

Place of printing from colophon at foot of page 234: "Coloniae apud Eucharium Ceruicornu[m], aere & impensa M. Godefridi Hittorpij ciuis & bibliopolae Colonie[n]sis, anno Christi nati millesimo quingentesimo uicesimoseptimo, XV. Calendas Maij, Adolpho Rincho, Alberto Gnesio consulibus.".

Citation/references note

Adams, T670

Citation/references note

CLC, T611

Provenance

Inscription in ink in sixteenth-century hand (upside down in relation to text): "This is the booke Hue Jones [?]"; an inscription in the same hand at the foot of p. 126 (also upside down in relation to the text) reads "This is the boo". At the head of p. 235 in the first item in the volume (Herodotus) is an inscription in a sixteenth-century hand: "his liber est meus testis est michi deus, si quis furatur per collum pendetur ... hugonem Jons", which may relate to the same person.

Provenance

At the foot of page 232, upside down in relation to the text, is an inscription in a 16th-century hand: "Iste liber p[er]tinet de Octogranj Newton[is][?]"

Provenance

At the foot of page 234, below the colophon is an inscription in a sixteenth-century hand: "Will[ia]m Blithman [?]".

Provenance

The first item in the volume (Herodotus) also contains an inscription at the head of page 11, including the names "Thomas" and "Willia[m]".

Provenance

David Selwyn suggests, on binding evidence, that the volume may "just possibly" have been owned by Edmund Guest.

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

Binding

Early 16th-century brown calf over bevelled wooden boards; sewn on four supports; blind rolls on boards forming a rectangular frame enclosing a lattice pattern of blind fillets filled with blind stamps ("pineapple" stamps); spine with four raised bands and later gilt fillets; spine label with "Herodotus"; "1524" in gilt at tail of spine; remains of clasps at fore-edge; new endleaves.

Copy-specific note

Bound with: Herodotus, Libri Nouem musarum nominibus inscripti (Cologne: Eucharius Cervicornus, 1526) and Orosius, Aduersus paganos historiarum libri septem (Cologne: Eucharius Cervicornus, 1526).

Subject

Greece (Place) History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457 translator.

Added entry--name

Heresbach, Conrad, 1496-1576

Added entry--name

Cervicornus, Eucharius, active 1516-1547 printer.

Added entry--name

Hittorp, Gottfried, 1490-1573 publisher.

Added entry--name

Johns, Hugh, 16th century former owner.

Added entry--name

Newton, Octogran, 16th century former owner.

Added entry--name

Blithman, William, active 16th century former owner.

Added entry--name

Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 associated name.

Added entry--place

Germany Cologne.

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300##$a[12], 234 p. ;$b30 cm (fol)

500##$aSignatures: A6 2A6 B-T6 V4 (-V4).

500##$aTitle within woodcut architectural title border featuring the death of Cleopatra, and mocking of the gods by Dionysius.

500##$aWoodcut initials and head-piece.

500##$aWith index.

500##$aPlace of printing from colophon at foot of page 234: "Coloniae apud Eucharium Ceruicornu[m], aere & impensa M. Godefridi Hittorpij ciuis & bibliopolae Colonie[n]sis, anno Christi nati millesimo quingentesimo uicesimoseptimo, XV. Calendas Maij, Adolpho Rincho, Alberto Gnesio consulibus.".

5104#$aAdams,$cT670

5104#$aCLC,$cT611

561##$aInscription in ink in sixteenth-century hand (upside down in relation to text): "This is the booke Hue Jones [?]"; an inscription in the same hand at the foot of p. 126 (also upside down in relation to the text) reads "This is the boo". At the head of p. 235 in the first item in the volume (Herodotus) is an inscription in a sixteenth-century hand: "his liber est meus testis est michi deus, si quis furatur per collum pendetur ... hugonem Jons", which may relate to the same person.

561##$aAt the foot of page 232, upside down in relation to the text, is an inscription in a 16th-century hand: "Iste liber p[er]tinet de Octogranj Newton[is][?]"

561##$aAt the foot of page 234, below the colophon is an inscription in a sixteenth-century hand: "Will[ia]m Blithman [?]".

561##$aThe first item in the volume (Herodotus) also contains an inscription at the head of page 11, including the names "Thomas" and "Willia[m]".

561##$aDavid Selwyn suggests, on binding evidence, that the volume may "just possibly" have been owned by Edmund Guest.

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

563##$aEarly 16th-century brown calf over bevelled wooden boards; sewn on four supports; blind rolls on boards forming a rectangular frame enclosing a lattice pattern of blind fillets filled with blind stamps ("pineapple" stamps); spine with four raised bands and later gilt fillets; spine label with "Herodotus"; "1524" in gilt at tail of spine; remains of clasps at fore-edge; new endleaves.

590##$aBound with: Herodotus, Libri Nouem musarum nominibus inscripti (Cologne: Eucharius Cervicornus, 1526) and Orosius, Aduersus paganos historiarum libri septem (Cologne: Eucharius Cervicornus, 1526).

651#0$aGreece$xHistory$yPeloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C$vEarly works to 1800.

7001#$aValla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457,$etranslator.

7001#$aHeresbach, Conrad, 1496-1576.

7001#$aCervicornus, Eucharius,$dactive 1516-1547$eprinter.

7001#$aHittorp, Gottfried, 1490-1573,$epublisher.

7001#$aJohns, Hugh, 16th century,$eformer owner.

7001#$aNewton, Octogran, 16th century,$eformer owner.

7001#$aBlithman, William, active 16th century,$eformer owner.

7001#$aGuest, Edmund,$d1514?-1577$eassociated name.

752##$aGermany$dCologne.