Bibliotheca philosophorum classicorum authorum chronologica / Ioanne Iacobo Frisio ... auctore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frisius, Johannes, 1505-1565.

Contributor:

Swiss Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Bio-bibliography.

Philosophy.

Christian literature, Early--Bio-bibliography.

Christian literature, Early.

Genre:

Bio-bibliography.

Biographies.

Bibliographies.

Penn Provenance:

Garrigues, A. (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Poullin, Jean-Jacques (label) (Culture Class Collection copy)

A., E. (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered leaves, 110 leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf ; 20 cm (4to)

Fingerprint:

o-jsusil e-æ- tiVi (3) 1592 (R)

Place of Publication:

Tiguri : Apud Ioannem VVolphium typis Frosch, anno MDXCII [1592]

Notes:

First edition of the earliest separate bibliography of philosophy. The first part consists of a chronological list of the the writings of the philosophers from 2162 B.C. to the end of the 15th century, followed by an alphabetical list of the names of 16th century philosophers, decade by decade. The second part consists of a bibliography of the Church Fathers down to the year 1140 (the period of the scholastics). At the end are separate alphabetical indexes for each part. "A work of distinct value, which later formed the basis of more systematic bibliographies of philosophy" (Besterman). Cf. bookseller's description.

"Bibliotheca patrum minor": leaves 59-110.

Woodcut initials.

Printed marginalia.

Errata on verso of leaf 110.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy bound in full parchment.

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate ("Ex libris A. Garrigues DM.") on front pastedown.

Culture Class Collection copy has book label "De la bibliothéque de J.J. Poullin, avocat à Orléans" on front pastedown.

Culture Class Collection copy has bookseller's description laid in.

Culture Class Collection copy has monogram initials "EA" in ms. on title page.

Cited in:

Adams, F1052

Besterman. Beginnings, p. 27 & 72, no. XVLI

Besterman. World Bibliography, 2973 & 3192

Contains:

Bibliotheca patrum minor.

OCLC:

55576992