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Diogenes Laertius, Eunapius.
Gr.
Lat.
2. v.
12
mo
.
1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 14, Diogenes Laertius et Eunapius . . . (as above).
DIOGENES LAERTIUS.
Diogenis Laertii de Vitis, Dogmatis & apophthegmatis clarorum Philosophorum, Libri X. Hesychii ill. de iisdem Philos. & de aliis Scriptoribus, Liber. Pythagoreorvm Philosoph. fragmenta. Is. Casavboni notæ ad lib. Diogenis multò auctiores & emendatiores. Evnapii Sardiani de vitis Philosophorum & Sophistarum Liber, cui accesserunt eiusdem Auctoris Legationes. Omnia
Graecè &
Lat. ex editione postrema.
Coloniæ Allobrogum: apud
Joannem Vignon,
M. DC. XVI [1616.]
PA3965 .D6 1616
1 vol. bound in 2.
Sm. 8vo. 648 leaves. The first four leaves of Hesychius lacking, as usual; separate title for Eunapius; printer’s device on both titles, woodcut
initials,
Greek and
Latin text in parallel columns. The volume division occurs after Rr
3.
Brunet II, page 719.
Dibdin, page 123.
Bound originally for Jefferson in two volumes, rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress, with the 1815 bookplates
preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes; some manuscript marginalia in Greek; some leaves foxed
and stained.
Listed on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue as a 12mo. with the price:
4.10.
Hesychius, fl. 5th cent. A.D., grammarian of Alexandria.
Eunapius, born A.D. 347, Greek sophist and historian.
Isaac Casaubon, 1559-1614, classical scholar. Born in Geneva of French descent, Casaubon moved to England n
[
sic
] 1610 and became naturalized.
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Diogene de Laerce.
12
mo.
Paris
1668.
2. v.
1815 Catalogue, page 4. no. 15, Diogene de Lærce, 2 v 12mo, Paris, 1668.
DIOGENES LAERTIUS.
Diogene Laërce, de la Vie des Philosophes. Traduction nouvelle. Par Monsieur B*******. [-Seconde Partie.] A
Paris: En la Boutique de
Langelier, Chez
René Gvignard,
M. DC. LXVIII. Avec Privilege dv Roy. [1668.]
B168 .D6
First Edition of this translation.
2 vol.
12mo. vol. I, 236 leaves; vol. II, 195 leaves, continuous signatures and pagination; at the beginning of vol. I:
Achevé d’imprimer pour la premiere fois, le 22. May 1668.
Barbier I, col. 994.
Graesse II, 397.
Ebert 6185, note.
Calf, gilt ornaments on the back and labels lettered: Diogene / Lærce / Tom. I. [-II.] /; blue silk bookmarks, bound for Jefferson
by John March (the backs slightly damaged by scorching). Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in volume I. The name of
the translator, Gilles Boileau, written in ink on the title-page of the first part (not by Jefferson). With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
The book was purchased probably in 1802. The binding, which cost D. 1.00, is on March’s bill for October 11 of that year.
Gilles Boileau, 1631-1669, French poet and translator, was the brother of Boileau-Despréaux.
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Stanley’s lives of the Philosophers.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 108, as above.
STANLEY,
Thomas.
The History of Philosophy: Containing The Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of every Sect. By Thomas Stanley, Esquire. The
Fourth Edition. In which the innumerable Mistakes, both in the Text and Notes
