Jonson, Ben--Schott, Andreas, compiler
ΠΑΡΟΙΜΙΑΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑΙ. ADAGIA SIVE PROVERBIA GRAECORUM EX ZENOBIO SEU ZENODOTO DIOGENIANO & SUIDAE COLLECTANEIS. ANTWERP: OFFICINA PLANTINIANA, 1612
4to, BEN JONSON'S COPY with his autograph ownership inscription ("Sum Ben: Jonsonij"), motto ("tanquam explorator"), and note on price paid ("12s") on title page, contemporary calf, rebacked, damp stained with spotting and browning, fraying to title page affecting one letter of Jonson's ownership inscription
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Ben Jonson (1572-1637); Jeremiah Milles, D.D., Dean of Exeter and antiquary (1714-84), armorial bookplate; sale of his library, Sotheby's, 10 April 1843, lot 6, £1 9s., to Pickering; Edward Craven Hawtrey, Provost of Eton College (1789-1862), his sale, Part 2, Sotheby's, 12 December 1853, lot 6, £4, to R. Monckton Milnes; Robert, Marquess of Crewe, armorial bookplate