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Apophthegmatum ex optimis vtriusque linguae scriptoribus quum priscis, tum recentioribus : parabolarum item seu similitudinum, loci communes / par Conradum Lycosthenem Rubeaquensem collecti ; denuo aucti ad trium exemplarium collationem accurate recogniti, et in ordinem alphabeticum digesti.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection GC5 L9828 555a 1573
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lykosthenes, Konrad, 1518-1561.
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Aphorisms and apothegms--Early works to 1800.
- Aphorisms and apothegms.
- Penn Provenance:
- Powel, L. (former owner)
- James, Morgan (inscription)
- Physical Description:
- 24 unnumbered pages, 1050, that is, 1020 pages, 20 unnumbered pages ; 16 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Apophthegmatvm ex optimis vtrivsque lingvae scriptoribvs qvvm priscis, tvm recentioribvs
- Fingerprint:
- e.e- 4342 e.4. PoPo (3) 1573 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- Lausanne : Apud Franciscum le Preux ... typographum, MDLXXIII [1573]
- Notes:
- Signatures: *⁸ 2*⁴ a-z⁸ A-Z⁸ Aa-Tt⁸ (Tt8 blank?)
- Woodcut initials and tail-pieces.
- Includes indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy imperfect: all before leaf a1 (including title leaf) wanting; leaves Kk1-Ss2 wanting; all after leaf Ss8 wanting.
- Presented to the Penn Libraries in 1939 by Dr. O.G.L. Lewis.
- Penn Libraries copy has partially illegible ms. ownership inscription ("L[...]w: Powel's Booke 1702") on leaf a1r; ms. pen tests (including autograph[?]: "Morgan James") on leaves o4v-o5r; ms. inscription at foot of leaf A1r; partially illegible ms. ownership inscription ("Isaac Pruthe[...]ch owneth me.") in fore-edge margin of leaf O5r; partially illegible early ms. inscription ("Gulielmus [...]ms: est verus qposs[...] Huijus libri Joh[...] est Johan[...]") in fore-edge margin of leaf Ss3r; illegible ms. inscription in fore-edge margin of leaf Ss8v.
- Penn Libraries copy has a few ms. marginal notes and marks in text.
- Penn Libraries copy: leaves b2-b7 bound in upside-down after leaf b1 in the following order: b7, b6, b5, b4, b3, b2; gathering 2D bound in out of order after gathering 2E.
- Penn Libraries copy: leaves closely cropped at all margins with frequent damage to or loss of headline and page number; head inner corner of leaves 2F3-2H4 dampstained; left board detached.
- OCLC:
- 764321414
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