Διογένους Λαερτίου περὶ βίων, δογμάτων καὶ ἀποφθεγμάτων τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, βίβλια δέκα, νῦν πρῶτον ἐντυπωθέντα [...]
Publisher: Hieronymous Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius
Published: 1533
Place of publication: Basle
Language: lat
Number of pages: 594
Description: Full title: Διογένους Λαερτίου περὶ βίων, δογμάτων καὶ ἀποφθεγμάτων τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, βίβλια δέκα, νῦν πρῶτον ἐντυπωθέντα. Diogenis Laertii De vitis, decretis et responsis celebrium philosophorum Libri decem, nunc primum excusi. 4to. pp. [8], 573, [3]. Signatures: a-z4 A-Z4. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin. Includes device of Froben on title page and at end; headpieces; initials. Text in Greek; dedicatory letter by H. Froben and N. Episcopius in Latin. Contains a stamp of the Leipzig antiquarian Uswald Weigel and a partially legible ownership inscription ("8/1 M. Joh. Henrici Lede[...] bei [...]." Editio princeps of the 'Epistolae' in Greek, edited by Froben himself from a manuscript that had surfaced at Basel in 1532.  For the second Latin edition, see Bib# 1800422/Fr# 12.1 in this collection. See also H. M. Adams, Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge Libraries. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1967, D481. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.