Accession number:
PML 15459
Published:
Lugduni : Apud Joan. Tornaesium ..., 1589.
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description:
[16], 754, [30] p. ; 13 cm
Notes:
Translation of the author's Strategematum libri octo.
Imprint date in Roman numerals.
Greek and Latin in parallel columns.
Head and tailpieces; initials.
T.p. verso blank.
Devices of Jean de Tournes on t.p. and colophon. Cf. Silvestre, L.C. Marques typographiques, 884 (t.p.) and 661 (colophon).
Includes indexes.
Binding:
Red morocco tooled by Clovis Eve for Pierre Duodo, Venetian statesman..
Variant Title:
Polyaeni Strategematum libri octo
Provenance:
Binding with the design and motto of Pierre Duodo; names on front fly leaf: "Fonthill Library" (not identified in 1823 Fonthill Abbey Library multi-day sales catalogue); "John Mitford, 1824" (sale 1859-60); "Benjamin Heath (sale 1810)"; Pierpont Morgan.
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