Ἐκ τῶν Μέμνονος ἱστοριῶν, περὶ τῶν Ἡρακλείας τῆς Ποντικῆς τυράννων, ἐκλογαί. Ἐκ τῶν Κτησίου καὶ Ἀγαθαρχιδου ἐκλογαί [...]

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Full title: Ἐκ τῶν Μέμνονος ἱστοριῶν, περὶ τῶν Ἡρακλείας τῆς Ποντικῆς τυράννων, ἐκλογαί. Ἐκ τῶν Κτησίου καὶ Ἀγαθαρχιδου ἐκλογαί. Ex Memnone excerptæ historiæ, De tyrannis Heracleæ Ponticæ. Ex Ctesia & Agatharchide excerptæ historiæ. Omnia non solùm Græcè, sed & Latinè, partim ex Henrici Stephani, partim ex Laur. Rhodomanni interpretatione. Cum accessione a ea quæ prius ex illis historiis excerpta fuerant. 2 volumes in 1 8vo. pp. [4], 260; pp. [8], 175, [1]. Signatures: pi⁸ a-p⁸ q⁴; pi⁴ A-K⁸ L-M⁴ (L4 blank). Calf. Gilt spine with red lettering panel. Place of imprint from Adams. Printer's device on title page. of each part. Headpieces, engraved initials. Label of Arthur and Janet Freeman on front pastedown. Part 1 is a reissue with a cancel title of the 1557 edition printed by Estienne of Memnon, Ctesias and Agatharchides (see Bib# 4102571/Fr# 5 in this collection) now accompanied by a (first) Latin translation, and additional commentary, with separate pagination, signatures and dated title page: "Ex Memnone & aliis excerptae historiae, de tyrannis Heracleae Ponticae. Ex Ctesia & Agatharchide excerptae historiae. Omnia cum rece[n]ti accessione, Graecè: necnon Latinè, partim ex Laur. Rhodomanni interpretatione." Cf. H. M. Adams, Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge Libraries. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1967, M 1235. On Ctesias of Cnidus, see also A. Freeman, “Hoax and Forgery, Whimsy and Fraud: Taxonomic Reflections on the Bibliotheca Fictiva,” in W. Stephens & E. Havens (eds.), Literary forgery in early modern Europe, 1450-1800, Baltimore, 2018, p. 23. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.