Record ID | cp013540 |
Voet reference number | 1058 |
Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
Author | DANNEAU DANAEUS (DANEAU |
Title page transcription | POLITICORVM ‖APHORISMORVM ‖ SILVA, ‖ Ex optimis quibusque tum Græcis, tum ‖ Latinis scriptoribus (quos sequens pa- ‖ gina indicabit) collecta, ‖ PER LAMBERTVM DANÆVM. ‖ Est vero horum Aphorismorum cognitio res ‖ eùm per se scitu dignissima: tu verò Prin- ‖ cipibus ipsis & Rebuspub. ac vtrorumque ‖ consiliariis (qui modò rectè & prudenter ‖ Rempub. administrare cupiunt) omnino ‖ necessaria. ‖ ⊕ 37 ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ M.D.LXXXIII. |
Collation | 16mo [94]: †⁸, A-Z⁸, a-n⁸, o⁴; pages [1-16], 1-526, [527-584] (Errors: 68 for 58, 446 for 346, 261 for 361) |
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Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Auctores, ex quibus decerpti sunt hi aphorismi politici [3-7]: Amplissimis Flandriae, nobilissimae Belgii provinciae, membris, dominis Gandavensis, Brugensis, Yprensis, Franconatensis conventus ordinibus, dominis suis plurimum observandis (s. Lambertus Danaeus, Ghent, 1 March 1583; italic type) [8-13]: Lectori benevolo [14-16]: Quid potissimum in legendiss. historiis spectandum et considerandum (italic type; extracts from Polybius, Diodorus Siculus, Cicero, Fabius Quintilianus, P. Martyr in librum Iudicum) 1-526: Text (parts in italic type) [527]: Note to the reader that the author is planning a French translation (italic type) [528]: Blank [529-581]: Index [582]: ANTVERPIÆ EXCVDEBAT ‖ CHRISTOPHORVS PLANTI- ‖ NVS, M.D.LXXXIII, MENSE ‖ MAIO [583-584]: Blank |
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Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- A 529KBR Royal Library of BelgiumCambridge |
Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 254 (1583, no. 12). |
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Note 1 | Collection of sayings and remarks on politics compiled from classical authors (enumerated on page [2]), arranged according to author. |
Note 2 | Danaeus tells his readers on page [527] that he himself has the intention to publish a French translation, but no such edition is known. |
Note 3 | According to the colophon the printing was finished in May 1583. |
Note 4 | Listed in M 296, folio 1r (Aphor. Politicarum Sylva La[m]b. Danei, 8⁰ [= error for 16⁰], f[euilles] 18, [price:] stuivers 6), M 164, folio 1v (16⁰), and M 321 (16⁰). |
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