Epistolai diaphorōn philosophōn. Rhētorōn. Sophistōn. Hex pros tois eikosi. Hōn ta onomata en tē hexēs heurēseis selidi
Subtitle: Epistolae diuersorum philosophorum. Oratorum. Rhetorum sex & uiginti. Quorum nomina in sequenti inuenies pagina
Series: Italian books before 1601 -- roll 44, item 5; Italian books before 1601 -- roll 305, item 1
Publisher: Aldo Manuzio
Published: 1499
Place of publication: Venice
Language: grc; lat
Subjects: Greek prose literature
Other titles: Epistolae diversorum philosophorum, oratorum, rhetorum; Epistolai Basileiou tou megalou; Epistolae Basilii Magni; Epistolae diversorum philosophorum
Notes: Edited by Markos Mousouros.

Part 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.

Place of publication and printer from colophons; date of pt. 1 from editor's postscript (leaf [Delta]2v), date of pt. 2 from Aldus's prefatory letter (leaf [alpha]1v).

Colophon to pt. 1 (leaf [Delta]4r): Venetiis apud Aldum mense Martio .M.ID. cum priuilegio ut in caeteris.

Colophon to pt. 2 (leaf [sigma]5v): Venetiis apud Aldum. eade[m] qua caetera co[n]ditione.

Signatures: pt. 1: *⁶ [alpha]-[sigma]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]-[epsilon]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).

Printed on sheets of "super-chancery"-size paper.

Initial spaces, with guide letters.

For detailed contents list, cf. GW. Many of the letters ascribed to pre-classical or classical authors are not genuine.

Hain-Copinger, 6659*.

Proctor, 5569.

Goff, E-64.

GW, 9367.

Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde, 1499:1.

BM 15th cent., V, 560 (IA.24479).

ISTC (CD-ROM, 1998 ed.), ie00064000.

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 2674-2677.

BM 15th cent., V, p. 560 (IA. 24479)

Renouard, p. 18

Bequest; William King Richardson; 1951; 50R-95.

Text in Greek, minor portions in Latin.

Text in Greek.

From the William Norton Bullard Collection.

From the library of A. A. Renouard, with his name stamped in gilt on front covers; from the library of Archibald Acheson, 3d earl of Gosford; from the library of Henry Huth, with his leather booklabel.

Initial spaces not filled in; without rubrication. Pt. 2 bound before pt. 1.

Initial spaces not filled in; without rubrication.

Bound in 2 v., in dark blue morocco, gilt, edges gilt, probably by Bozérian; pink silk lining leaves and doublures. The two parts are mislabeled in reverse order on the spines.