Ek tōn Polybiou tou Megalopolitou eklogai peri presbeiōn = Ex libris Polybii Megalopolitani selecta De legationibus; et alia quae sequenti pagina indicantur / nunc primùm in lucem edita ex bibliotheca Fului[i] Vrsini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polybius.

Contributor:

Appianus, of Alexandria

Diodorus, Siculus

Herwagen, Johann, 1497-1559?

Orsini, Fulvio, 1529-1600.

Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589, printer.

Plantijnsche Drukkerij, printer.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Greek Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Historiae. Selections

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Polybius.

Ambassadors--Early works to 1800.

Ambassadors.

Polybius--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800.

Diplomacy--Early works to 1800.

Diplomacy.

Criticism and interpretation.

Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

History, Ancient--Early works to 1800.

History, Ancient.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 447 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 182 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Ex libris Polybii Megalopolitani selecta De legationibus

Selecta De legationibus

Eklogai peri presbeiōn

Fingerprint:

eii- ***- **** **** (3) 1582 (R)

Place of Publication:

Antuerpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, MDLXXXII [1582]

Notes:

Woodcuts: printer's device on title page; head- and tail-pieces; initials.

Editio princeps.

First eight words in title transliterated from Greek characters.

Includes excerpts from the works of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Diodorus Siculus, Appianus of Alexandria, and Cassius Dio Cocceianus.

Text of Polybius in Greek followed by Orsini's commentary in Latin.

Commentary has separate pagination and signatures with caption title on leaf ²A1 reading: "Fului Vrsini notae in Polybium.

On verso of title page: Fragmenta ex historiis quae non extant: Dionysii Halicarnassei: Diodori Siculi: Appiani Alesandrini. Dionus. Cassii Nicaei. De legationibus. Dionys. lib. LXXIX. et LXXX. imperfectus. Emendationes in Polybium impressum Basileae per Ioannem Heruagium. Anno M.D. XXIX.

Signatures: pi⁴ A-Z⁴ a-z⁴ 2A-2K ²A-²Z⁴ (²Z⁴ blank).

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy wanting last blank leaf (Z4)

Culture Class Collection copy has partially legible faded inscription on title page: nunc[?] dono dedi[t?] ... Balthazar.

Cited in:

Voet, L. The Plantin Press, 1555-1589, no. 2081

Adams P1800

Shaaber, M.A. 16th cent. imprints, P509

Hoffmann, S.F.W. Bibl. Litt. der griechen, III, p. 270

Ruelens, C. Annales plantiniennes p. 238

BM STC Dutch and Flemish, 1470-1600 p. 172

Contains:

Dionysius, of Halicarnassus. Antiquitates romanae. Greek.

Fulvi Vrsini notae in Polybium.

OCLC:

43054376