Esope

1538 · Best.-Nr. 338977 — Basilae: In officina Heruagiana 1538. Collection first published by Froben 1518. A1-Z8: 393 5 pp. 8vo. Late 17th-century stamped-calf binding loss to head and foot of spine title page with borders drawn on it some loss to title page not affecting text annotated throughout some worming needs to be resewn and binding reattached title page should be repaired. Provenance: Johannis Miller. Collection first published by Froben 1518. A1-Z8: 393 5 pp. 8vo. With ownership signaure to the title page: "Ex Libris Johannis Miller pret. 1s. 0d Anno Dm 1693" a further ownership signature to the recto of the last leaf "Ex Libris Johannis Miller A D 1688" and annotations throughout the text. Rev. John Miller 1666-1724 was commissioned fort chaplain of the New York companies in 1692 spending 1692-1695 in New York: "Miller was the sole officiating Episcopal clergyman in the entire province of New York during the three years of his residence; his activities as evinced by contemporary records and his familiarity with all inhabited parts extended beyond the confines of the city." During this time he wrote extensive notes about New York and drew a map of the fort. When his returning vessel was overtaken by French Privateers he threw his documents overboard to destroy the intelligence contained therein. He later rewrote many of his observations and redrew the map from memory it's retained in his manuscripts at the British Museum from George Chalmers in 1842 and was later published in Valentine's 1842-3 Manual. He returned to England where he was given the post of vicar of Effingham gaining a reputation as a "worthy and respectable vicar" and "a man of research." His library was still "preserved with great care" by his successor in the beginning of the nineteenth century then consigned and sold in New York by Bangs and Company in 1894. A number of his books have found their way into prominent libraries and collections Stokes' Iconography; Paltsits Victor Hugo intr. "New Yorke Considered and Improved A.D. 1695 by John Miller" Electronic Texts in American Studies 17. The present work seems to have gone from him to another owner Richard Norton and then to Thomas Norton; the second page has the ownership signature and note: "Thomas Norton pretium / Thomae Dicitur Fr Richard". Thomas Norton could be Thomas Norton 1684-1748 Whig Member of Parliament of Ixworth Abbey Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk; the grandson of Col. Richard Norton M.P. 1615-1691 intimate friend of Cromwell; and nephew of Maj. Richard Norton. Contents include: Aesopi Fabulatoris vita Aesopi Fabulae Gabriae Graeci Tetrasticha Ex Aphthonij Sophistae exercitamentis Ex Philostrati imaginibus fabulae Ex Hermogenis exercitamentis / Prisciano interprete Ex Auli Gellij libro secundo capite undetrigesimo Apologus Aesopi Phrygis memoratunon inutilis Homeri Ranarum et murium pugna heavily annotated Musaeus De Ero et Leandro annotated Expositio capitvm admonitoriorum aedita ex tempora ab Agapeto Hippocratis Iusiurandum GaleÅmyomachia hoc est Felium & murium pugna annotated with translations from the Greek. USTC 608058 In officina Heruagiana unknown