[Greek anthology of poetry, in Latin & Greek] Florilegium omnium veterum Graecorum poetarum epigrammatum in septem libros divisum

ETON College, John NEWBOROUGH. - Eilhard LUBIN (1565 – 1621, compiler).

[Greek anthology of poetry, in Latin & Greek]. [In Greek, here transliterated as : Anthologia diaphoron epigrammaton palaion, eis hepta Biblia dieremene]. Florilegium omnium veterum Graecorum poetarum epigrammatum in septem libros divisum /; interprete Eilhardo Lubino. [Heidelberg] : In Bibliopolio Commeliniano, 1604. Quarto (9 ¼ x 6 ¼; 235 x 158mm), pp. [i-viii; 1-]1011[-1012]. (Title with small horizontal strip excised from upper blank margin and also backed with thin paper probably at an early date, a number of early manuscript ink crosses to blank margins apparently indicating chosen passages). Contemporary vellum over pasteboard (rebacked, old spine laid down, ties laid down).

Provenance: Eton College Library, headmaster John Newborough (booklabel to verso of title ‘Legav. Colleg. Eton. / J. Newborough / in us. Scholae’, figure ‘6’ tooled in gilt at the foot of the spine); Edward William Lindeck (1903-1995, bookplate).

An early ex-library book from Eton. The library currently has another incomplete copy of this work, but the label in the present copy suggests that it was given to or purchased for the Eton College library between 1690 and 1711, which was when John Newborough served as Headmaster.For the other example which is currently in the library, see https://catalogue.etoncollege.com/B19231