Orationes (Orations), 1582
3.1 Scope and Contents Note
Printed in Lyons by Jean de Tournes for Antonius Gryphius. Lacks title page. Only a short dedicatory text, to Phillippus Thebalducius Iacominius (otherwise unknown?). The last page is an illustration of a Griffon, which has led the cataloguer to the office of Gryphius in Leiden.
Dates
- 1582
Creator
- Kovacs, Gyula K. (Person)
Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 9 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
Latin
5.1 Custodial History
Ex Libris K. Kovacs Gyula
7.1 Notes
Several notes scribbled on the first pages. One of them is in Hungarian with purple ink [To our dear Director with warm thoughts from Vienna] with a date: ‘921. okt. 20 [1921 October 20] Illegible signature, possibly D[..]udholzik. There is some underlining of passages inside. The binding of the pocket book is adorned in relief with a floral motif including little portraits of men in cartouches contained within a band around the front and back cover. The small metal devices used to lock the book are partly still there, one latch is missing. There is some water damage inside.
Container Summary
837 S., [1] Bl. : Ill. ; 13 cm.
Creator
- Kovacs, Gyula K. (Person)
- Gryphius, Antonius 1527-1599 (Publisher, Person)
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us
QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu
