"Charles Leeson Prince(?) 1878" written on end paper., 1636 issue with t.p. 1638?, BEIN GfL29 b636a: Without errata on verso of p. 117 at end and without index. Madan 832(?). Title-page is not inserted as Madan states it is in both the 1636 and 1638 issues. In this copy it is conjugate to leaf 4. The folded table, blank on verso, follows the 4th preliminary leaf., Engraved t.p., signed: Will: Marshall. sculpsit. 1638. At foot of t.p.: editio Postrema. Head and tail pieces., Greek and Latin on opposite pages., and Signatures: 4, A-N8, O1, p2-8, Y4.
Baldung, Hans, b. 1484 or 1485, d. 1545 Maler, Matthes, d. 1536, printer Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560 Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Published / Created:
1519
Call Number:
Rosenthal 104
Image Count:
11
Alternative Title:
Bible. N.T. Titus. Greek. 1519, Bible. N.T. Titus. Latin. 1519, and Epistola Pavli ad Titvm qve compendio vere Christiani hominis vitam ac mores format
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of several hundred short verse epitaphs on both famous political and historical figures and unnamed citizens. The epitaphs are often humorous or satirical, as in On A Hocus-Pocus; On A Tallow-Chandler; and On A Gentleman Falling Of His Horse & Broke Hs Neck. An epitaph titled On A Collier declares, "Here Lies the Collier John of Nashes, By whome Death nothing Gaind he swore, For living he was dust & Ashes, And being dead he is no more." More serious elegies include On Sr. Philip Sidney; On King Charles Martyr; and On One Willm. Messe Grocer & His Wife. and P. 9, 33, and 36 digitized at high resolution.
Description:
Imperfect: mutilated with some loss of text. and Two blank pages not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Politics and government and Great Britain --Social life and customs --17th century
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 and Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers --England, Elegiac poetry, English --17th century, English poetry --17th century, English wit and humor, Epitaphs --England, and Verse satire, English
2 parts in one volume., Abridged from the Erotemata of Chrysoloras; Latin commentary by L. Ponticus Virunius; edited J. M. Tricaelius., All pages red-ruled., Armorial shield painted on title page., and Colophon of Greek part dated June 23, 1509; colophon of Latin part dated March 13, 1509.
Imperfect: lower corner of leaf G4 torn, with no loss of text; some loss of ms. marginalia, due to trimming. Armorial bookplate: Ex bibliotheca Bredanense. Ms. shelf-label: 5347/Bis. Ms. annotations throughout text. Binder's stamp: Chambolle-Duru. Stamp on case: Lonstein-Laurenchet. and Sigantures: A-I⁴ K².
Publisher:
Apud Franciscum Morpanium, prope Carmelitas
Subject (Name):
Chambolle-Duru (Firm), binder, Lonstein-Laurenchet, binder, Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755--Bookplate, Morpain, François, printer, Proclus, approximately 410-485, and Vinet, Elie, 1509-1587
Subject (Topic):
Arithmetic--Early works to 1800, Geometry--Early works to 1800, and Music--Early works to 1800