Synesii Cyrenaei episcopi Epistolae. Graecis cum antiquis codd. mss. accuratè collatis. Cum interpretatione latina viri eruditissimi [i.e. F. Portus] et notis.

Accession number: 
PML 195850
Author: 
Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais.
Published: 
Paris, Marcus Orry, 1605.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Gordon Ray Fund, 2012.
Description: 
[16], 623 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes: 

Edited by F. Morel.
Greek and Latin on opposite pages.

Binding: 
Bound in gilt tan morocco over paper boards (17.2 x 10.7 cm) on three bands with flat spine. Double primary wound endbands. Pink and green silk ties, cut away. Gilt decoration includes armorial of Gabriel de Roquette, Bishop of Autun (1623-1707) on boards and spine. Plain paper pastedowns. All edges gilt.
Provenance: 
Gabriel de Roquette, Bishop of Autun (1623-1707), armorial binding. Roquette was supposedly the model for Molière's Tartuffe (see Saint-Simon, Mémoires, XIV: 293-94); inscription excised from title page; Bruce McKittrick Rare Books; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from McKittrick, Nov. 2012.
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Classification: 
Binding Collection
Genres: 
Morocco bindings (Binding)
Armorial bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books