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Delphika grammata : the sayings of the seven sages of Greece: PB 1-2005

Object information

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Titles

Delphika grammata : the sayings of the seven sages of Greece

Maker(s)

Editor: Radice, Betty
Translator: Radice, Betty
Contributor: Mardersteig, Giovanni
Publisher: Officina Bodoni

Categories

Description

Greek text based on the version of Joannes Stobaeus, edited with an English translation by Betty Radice.
First title in Greek characters.

"Note on the text and on the Greek characters": (p. [75]-[88]) signed: Gvanni Mardersteig.

Invoice and prospectus laid in

87, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes

History note: With invoice from George's, Bristol addressed to C. Henderson dated 21.11.85 (£300 + postage)

Place(s) associated

  • Verona

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2005-01-05) by Henderson, Colin

Dating

Production date: AD 1976

Note

Title in rust and black enclosed within ornamental border. "Note on the text and on the Greek characters": (p. [75]-[88]) signed: Gvanni Mardersteig. "The sayings of the seven sages edited with an English version by Betty Radice, have been set in Griffo type; the Greek letter-forms used for the Delphic inscriptions and for the names of the sages on the half titles have been derived from an Athenian epigraph of the fifth century B.C. The edition has been printed on Magnani hand-made paper in 160 copes, ten of which are ad personam and one hundred and fifty numbered. Officina Bodoni Verona April MCMLXXVI."--Colophon. Museum has copy no. 130 Bound in quarter vellum with title in gilt on spine; patterned paper sides. Issued in slipcase.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1-2005
Primary reference Number: 118308
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 August 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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