Epistolai diaphorōn philosophōn, rhētorōn, sophistōn hex pros tois eikosi : hōn ta onomata en tē hexēs heurēseis selidi = Epistolae diuersorum philosophorum, oratorum, rhetorum sex & uiginti : quorum nomina in sequenti inuenies pagina..
Mousouros, Markos,approximately 1470-1517.
Manuzio, Aldo,1449 or 1450-1515,printer.
Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de,1517-1586,former owner.StEdNL: Inc.202(1)
Raphelengius, Franciscus,1539-1597,former owner.StEdNL: Inc.202(1)
Hartmann, Sebastian,active 1610,former owner.StEdNL: Inc.202(2)
von Jerin, Bartholomaeus,1563-1613,former owner.StEdNL: Inc.202(2)
Kuppius, Johannes Petri,active 1647,former owner.StEdNL: Inc.202(2)
Gillan, John,-1735,former owner.StEdNL: Inc. 203
Venetiis : Apud Aldum,
mense Martio. M.ID. cum priuilegio ut in caeteris. [29 March-not before 17 April 1499]
Edited by Markos Mousouros.
Pt. 2 has title: Epistolai Basileiou tou megalou, Libaniou tou sophistou, Chiōnos tou platōnikou, Aischinou kai Isokratous tōn rhētorōn, Phalaridos tou tyrannou, Broutou rhōmaiou, Apollōniou tou tyaneōs, Ioulianou tou parabatou = Epistolae Basilii Magni Libanii Rhetoris, Chionis Platonici, Aeschinis & Isocratis oratorum, Phalaridis Tyranni, Bruti Romani, Apollonii Tyanensis, Iuliani Apostatae.
Imprint from colophon of part 1 with dates from Goff.
"Epistolares stili & nomina eoru[m] qui co[m]posueru[n]t quas hoc uolumen continet epistolas: Synesius, Demosthenes, Plato, Aristoteles, Philippus, Alexander, Hippocrates, Democritus, Heraclitus, Diogenes, Crates, Anacharsis, Euripides, Theano, Melissa, Mya, Alciphron, Philostratus, Theophylactus, Aelianus, Aeneas, Procopius, Dionysius, Lysis, Amasis, Musonius"--Leaf *2r. Also cf. GW. Many of the letters ascribed to pre-classical or classical authors are not genuine.
Colophon of pt. 1 (leaf [Delta]4r) reads: Venetiis apud Aldum mense Martio M. ID cum priuilegio ut in caeteris.
Colophon of pt. 2 (leaf [sigma]5v) reads: Venetiis apud Aldum. eade[m] qua caetera co[n]ditione.
Signatures: pt. 1: *⁶ [alpha]-[epsilon]¹² [digamma]¹² [zeta]-[eta]⁸ [theta]¹⁰ [iota]-[tau]⁸ 2[tau]⁶ [upsilon]-[omega]⁸ [Alpha]-[Gamma]⁸ [Delta]⁴ ([zeta]8 blank); pt. 2: [alpha]-[episilon]⁸ [zeta]-[eta]⁶ [theta]-[rho]⁸ [sigma]⁶ ([sigma]6 blank).
Pt. 1: [266] leaves (leaf [86] blank); pt. 2: [138] leaves (leaf [138] blank).
Super-Chancery quarto; 26 lines; area of text: 148 x 100 mm. With initial spaces, guide-letters, signatures and catchwords; without foliation. Registers on leaves [Delta]3-4 (pt. 1) and [sigma]5 (pt. 2).
BM 15th cent.,
BSB-Ink
Goff
GW,
Klebs
Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde,
UCLA, Aldine Press,
ISTC
Bodleian Lib. 15th cent.,
Hain-Copinger
Pellechet
Polain
IDL
Sajó-Soltész,
Madsen,
Ohly-Sack,
Oates,
Rhodes, Oxford Colleges,
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Hillyard, B. Acquisitions of Incunables by the Advocates Library before 1808,
Cardinal Granvelle's arms stamped onto verso of final leaf. Card loosely inserted with pencil note stating that the binding of part 1 was executed in Venice in 1547 for Cardinal Granvelle, whose arms appear on the verso of the last leaf. Ink inscription at head of recto of front free endpaper: Francisci Raphelengii Antwerpiani. Aquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
Ink inscriptions below text on title page: Sebast[ian]us Hartm[an]nus D[ominus] Can[onicus] Vratisl[aviensis] [and] Ex liberalitate illius, ego Bartholomaeus Jerinus hunc librum possideo Anno 1590. Constai[?] tal. i. geb.[?]. Both of these inscriptions have been scored through. At head of title page: Sum J[ohannes] Petri Kuppi[us] 1647 V[erbi] D[ei] Ministri in Houten.  Aquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
Bought by the Advocates Library from John Gillan for £0-10-0, paid on 25 September 1717.
Brown leather with blind and gilt rolled borders on front and back boards with gilt stamped fleurons in corners, blind stamped spine, blind rolled turn-ins, gauffered gilt edges, gilt stamped title on front board and marks were ties were once placed.
Brown leather with gilt rolled borders and lines forming 9 compartments with gilt stamped designs in centre and corners on front and back boards, blind rolled turn-ins and red stained edges with gilt stamped design.
Late 18th or early 19th-century brown leather.
Greek letters
Greek prose literature
Italy Venice.