Accession number
PML 15459
Creator
Polyaenus.
Published
Lugduni : Apud Joan. Tornaesium ..., 1589.
Credit line
by Pierpont Morgan,
Description
[16], 754, [30] p. ; 13 cm
Notes
Translation of the author's Strategematum libri octo.
Imprint date in Roman numerals.
Greek and Latin in parallel columns.
Head and tailpieces; initials.
T.p. verso blank.
Devices of Jean de Tournes on t.p. and colophon. Cf. Silvestre, L.C.
Imprint date in Roman numerals.
Greek and Latin in parallel columns.
Head and tailpieces; initials.
T.p. verso blank.
Devices of Jean de Tournes on t.p. and colophon. Cf. Silvestre, L.C.
Binding
Red morocco tooled by Clovis Eve for Pierre Duodo, Venetian statesman..
Variant title
Polyaeni Strategematum libri octo
Provenance
Binding with the design and motto of Pierre Duodo; names on front fly leaf: "Fonthill Library" (not identified in 1823 Fonthill Abbey Library multi-day sales catalogue); "John Mitford, 1824" (sale 1859-60); "Benjamin Heath (sale 1810)"; Pierpont Morgan.
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