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Thoukudidou tou Olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto = Thucydidis Olori filii De bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo. Iidem Latinè

anno MDLXIIII [1564]

  • Creator

    Thucydides

  • Title(s)

    Thoukudidou tou Olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto = Thucydidis Olori filii De bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo. Iidem Latinè / ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallae, ab Henrico Stephano recognita.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Thucydidis Olori filii De bello Peloponnesiaco librii octo
    De bello Peloponnesiaco
    Xuggraphēs
    History of the Peloponnesian War. Latin & Greek

  • Published/Created

    [Genevae] : Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, illustris viri Huldrichi Fuggeri typographus, anno MDLXIIII [1564]

  • Physical Description

    [16], 297, [3], 216, [8] p. ; 36 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    PA4452 .A2 1564+ Oversize
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Place of publication from Adams.
    "Thoukudidou ... okto" in title words are transliterated from the Greek characters.
    "Although the title-page states that the translation is that of Lorenzo Valla, revised by Estienne, it is practically entirely by the latter." Cf. Schreiber.
    Greek text, annotated (297 p.), followed by Latin text and annotations (216 p.); preliminaries chiefly in Latin; texts are surrounded by commentaries.
    Title vignette (printer's device); head-pieces; initials.
    Title page is printed in red and black.
    Signatures: *⁸ a-s⁸ t⁶ A-S⁶ T⁴.
    Gathering k is actually signed "lz."
    Schreiber, F. The Estiennes, 153
    Includes index.
    Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, T-666
    BAC: British Art Center copy lacks the Latin text and annotations (216 p.). Bound in later blind-tooled calf. Binder's ticket: Bound by Upham's Library, Bath. Bookplate: Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bart.. Autograph: Montague Cholmeley, 1823.
  • Subject Terms

    Cholmeley, Montague -- Autograph. (BACRB) |
    Detemare, Jean Baptiste -- Autograph. |
    Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431–404 B.C. |
    Hugo, Harold -- Bookplate. |
    Upham's Library -- Bookbinder. (BACRB)

  • Form/Genre

    Woodcuts.

  • Contributors

    Estienne, Henri, 1531–1598 | Fugger, Ulricus, 1526–1584 | Valla, Lorenzo, 1407–1457

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