Diodōrou tou Sikeliōtou Bibliothēkēs Historikēs ta Sōzomena

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by Siculus Diodorus

Bibliographic Information

Author: Siculus Diodorus

Title: Diodōrou tou Sikeliōtou Bibliothēkēs Historikēs ta Sōzomena = Diodori Siculi Bibliothecae Historicae Libri qui Supersunt

Publication Info: Amstelodami: Sumptibus Jacobi Wetstenii, 1746.

Edition:

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Diodorus Siculus. 2.v. fol. and given by Thomas Jefferson to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. The Brown Bibliography[1] lists the 1746 edition published in Amersterdam based on a Jefferson copy now owned by the University of Virginia. George Wythe's Library[2] on LibraryThing states "Precise edition unknown. Several folio editions were published." The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's recommendation and purchased the edition published in Amsterdam in 1746.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in sprinkled halfcalf with title labels in leather on backs. Contains engraved allegorical frontispiece, engraved portrait of P. Wesseling, and 2 large engraved title vignettes. Purchased from Lynge $ Son ILAB-LILA.

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

External Links

Google Books

References

  1. ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
  2. ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on April 21, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
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