OF JOHN STOBAEUS

ANTHOLOGY original: "Anthologion," a Greek word meaning a "gathering of flowers," often used for collections of poetry or wisdom.

54777? This handwritten number is likely a modern library accession or cataloging number.

OF JOHNindicating the name "John" STOBAEUSindicating the name "Stobaeus"

FLORILEGIUM Florilegium: A Latin term for a "gathering of flowers," used here to describe a collection of excerpts, sayings, and wisdom from various classical authors.

AUGUST MEINEKE August Meineke (1790–1870) was a renowned German classical scholar and director of the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin, famous for his editions of Greek poets and historians.

A printer's mark belonging to the publisher B. G. Teubner, featuring a blocky monogram of the intertwined letters "BGT" inside a rectangular frame.

LEIPZIG