Florilegii magni, seu, Polyantheae floribus nouissimis sparsae, libri XX
Subtitle: opus praeclarum, suauissimis celebriorum sententiarum, vel Graecarum, vel Latinarum flosculis refertum
By: iam olim à Domenico Nano Mirabellio, Bartholomaeo Amantio, Francisco Tortio, ex auctoribus cùm sacris, tum profanis, vetustioribus & recentioribus, collectum; studio dehinc & operâ Iosephi Langii meliore ordine dispositum, innumeris ferè apophthegmatis, similitudinibus, adagijs, exemplis, emblematis, hieroglyphicis, & mythologijs locupletatum, atque perillustratum.
Contributors: Nani Mirabelli, Domenico.; Sylvius, Franciscus, Insulanus.
Edition: Editio titulis item nouissimis aucta: definitionum, sententiarum, rerúmque obseruatu digniorum abundè vltra praecedentes locuples facta, nunc denuò à mendis nitidiore cultu, iuxta Indicem expurgatorium repurgata, numerísque omnibus absolutissima Fr. Syluii Insulani industria & labore.
Publisher: Ex typographia Iacobi Stoer
Published: 1639
Place of publication: Genevae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 3228
Subjects: Quotations, Latin -- Early works to 1800.; Quotations, Greek -- Early works to 1800.; Proverbs -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Florilegii magni libri XX; Polyantheae floribus nouissimis sparsae libri XX
Notes: Collection of quotations, arranged alphabetically by topic, based on Domenico Nani mirabelli's Polyanthea.
Printed in double columns; errors in column numeration: numbers 1573-1656 and 2351-2360 repeated; numbers 2379-2388 and 2677-2760 omitted.
Signatures: *⁴ A-2Z⁶ ²2A-2Z⁶ 3A-3Z⁶ ²3A-3Z⁶ 4A-4R⁶ 4S⁸ 4T⁸(-4T8); second, fourth, and fifth gathering sequences signed in all capitals.
Title page printed in red and black.
LC copy stamped on t.p.: Ex dono D. Cardose et uxore; library stamp: Bibliothèque des P.P. Franciscains Couvent de Bordeaux. Some worming at end with slight loss of text.