Accession number
PML 151961
Creator
Horapollo.
Published
Parisiis : Apud Iacobum Keruer, via Iacobaea, sub duobus Gallis, M. D. LI. [i.e. 1551]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Greek translation by Philippos; alternating with Mercier's Latin.
Woodcuts attributed to Jean Goujon or Jean Cousin.
Running title: Hieroglyphica.
Author's name and title in Greek at head of title.
Text in Greek and Latin with some Hebrew.
With woodcut printed on p. 110 (Cf. Mortimer).
Woodcut p. 95 printed upside down.
"Excudebat G. Morelius Iacobo Keruer, Lutetiae Parisiorum, M.D.LI"--Colophon, p. [242].
Printer's basilisk device with motto "Termin os eivs consti tvis ti", on last leaf p. [244].
Bookplate of Newton Hall, Cambridge, with initials "T. S."
Woodcuts attributed to Jean Goujon or Jean Cousin.
Running title: Hieroglyphica.
Author's name and title in Greek at head of title.
Text in Greek and Latin with some Hebrew.
With woodcut printed on p. 110 (Cf. Mortimer).
Woodcut p. 95 printed upside down.
"Excudebat G. Morelius Iacobo Keruer, Lutetiae Parisiorum, M.D.LI"--Colophon, p. [242].
Printer's basilisk device with motto "Termin os eivs consti tvis ti", on last leaf p. [244].
Bookplate of Newton Hall, Cambridge, with initials "T. S."
Description
[20], 240, [4] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 16 cm (8vo)
Provenance
T. S, Newton Hall, Cambridge (bookplate); From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Full red morocco by Lortic, with his stamp ca. 1876, gilt tooled, all edges gilt.
Classification
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