Accession number
PML 38069
Creator
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
Published
Basileae : par' Hierōnymō Phrobeniō kai Nikalaō Episkopiō, MDLI [1551].
Credit line
Roland L. Redmond,
Description
[8], 698, [2] pages ; 33 cm (fol)
Notes
HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Title transliterated from Greek.
Printing place and date from title page, with Froben's device (also on final page).
Printers from colophon: Etypothē houtos Basileios en tē episēmo elketiōn polei ba
Title transliterated from Greek.
Printing place and date from title page, with Froben's device (also on final page).
Printers from colophon: Etypothē houtos Basileios en tē episēmo elketiōn polei ba
Binding
16th-century English gold tooled brown calf, with the initials A.B. stamped in gold in decorative central cartouche on both covers, gilt and gauffered edges, by Thomas Berthelet; repaired. 4 ties, missing. Berthelet's tooling patterns seem inspired by tho
Inscriptions/Markings
Manuscript inscriptions by Lady Anne and Sir Nicholas Bacon in Greek and Latin, one by Nicholas concerns the birth of their daughter Susan Bacon on 19 Oct. 1556, whose birth is otherwise unrecorded: "Susan Bacon was born on mundaye [th]e XIXth of October
Variant title
Divi Basilii magni opera Graeca quae ad nos extant omnia
Provenance
Lady Anne Bacon, initials stamped in gold on both covers, signature (dated 1553), and Greek inscription: “This book belongs to Anne Bacon, the gift of her husband Nicholas Bacon 1553”; Thomas Baker, bookstamp; Roland Redmond, bookplate.
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