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Laertii Diogenis Vitae et sententiae eorum qui in philosophia probati fuerunt
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- Publication date
- Anno domini .M.CCCC.LXXV. die xiiii. Augusti. [14 Aug. 1475]
- Call number
- 86253
- Provenance
- Several ms. annotations and reading marks in an early 16th century hand, particularly concentrated in the first half of the book; some reading marks have later been erased and are now hardly visible. Ms. bibliographical annotations signed "R.M. [i.e. Rushton M.] Dorman on front flyleaf. Leaf with ms. inscription "Editio princeps of Diogenes Laertius printed in 1475 formerly in the Library of Earl Spencer. Described by Dibdin. Loan by R.M. Dorman" on front flyleaf. Bookplate on front pastedown: Ex libris James William Ellsworth. Purchased by Rosenbach in October 1923 and sold to Henry Huntington.
