Philo Philo Byzantis De septem orbis spectaculis, Leonis Allatii opera, Nunc primùm Græcè & Latinè prodit, cum NotisDe septem orbus spectaculis, / Leonis Allatii opera ; nunc primm Graec & Latin prodit, cum notis.
Publisher: Excudebat Mascardus
Published: 1640
Place of publication: Rome
Language: lat
Number of pages: 128
Description: <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">8vo. f. [1] (blank), pp. [8], 112, f. [1] (blank). Signatures: [dagger]⁴ A-G⁸. Contemporary limp vellum. Brown gilt spine lettering panel. Printer's device on title page. Engraved initials, tailpieces. On p. [2] of cover manuscript inscription "Editio princeps." Owners' stamp "AJF" of Arthur and Janet Freeman. Greek and Latin in parallel columns in first part, alternated through text in following chapters.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">First edition of this work on the Seven Wonders of the World. Not by Philo, as Allacci alleged, but probably written in the sixth century AD.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991039104869707861" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>