Magical Tome

8vo. f. [1] (blank), pp. [38], 118, [12], f. [1] (blank). Vellum-backed boards. Manuscript spine title and pasted shelf numbers with dates 1760 (“Bleuleri [?] Im Hof”) and 1839. Owner’s inscription (“Ville Epponens [?] ad Bibliothecam Katzbergii [?]”) on 1st blank, which is cut in upper corner. Printer’s device on title page. Full-page engraving with portrait of Themistocles facing title page. Engraved initials, headpieces. Text in Greek and Latin. With a vindication of the [spurious] letters of Themistocles by Christian Schoettgen, in reply to Richard Bentley’s ‘A dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris’ (London, 1697, see Bib# 10080580/Fr# 39 in this collection). Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.
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