Situs orbis descriptio.
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| Alternative Title: | Dionysii Alex et Pomp. Melae Situs orbis descriptio. Aethici Cosmographia. C.I. Solini Polyistor. In Dionysii poematium Commentarij Evstathii |
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| Other Associated Names: | , , , , , , , , |
| Language: | Greek, Ancient (to 1453) |
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[Geneva] :
Excudebat Henricus Stephanus,
1577.
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| Collection: | Bouhéreau Stillingfleet Later additions |
| Item Description: | Copy 1: Note by Bouhéreau on the front flyleaf. No annotations. Copy 2: Some annotations. Copy 3: No annotations. |
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| Physical Description: | [8 unnumbered], 158, [24 unnumbered], 47, 152 4to, 25 cm. |
| Published References: | Adams D. 648. |
| Provenance Note: | Copy 3: It carries the gilt arms of Henry Prince of Wales (1594-1612), the eldest son of James I, from whose library it derives. This collection of more than a thousand volumes was built up by his tutor and librarian Edward Wright and the majority still form part of the British Library. Nicholas Poole-Wilson cataloguing this work for Bernard Quaritch Ltd in 2005 noted how, after the premature death from typhoid fever of the teenage Price Henry: 'the books passed into the "Old Royal Library", given to the British Museum in 1753 by George II'. This copy was sold as a duplicate by the Museum in 1804 and has the Museum's library and duplicate sale stamps on the verso of the title page, the former in blue denoting royal provenance. Also includes two later bookplates and a label with the name 'Elizabeth Armstrong'. |
| Binding Note: | Copy 1: Leather. Gold tooling on spine. Marbled endleaves. Speckled edges. Copy 2: Leather. Single line fillet in gold. Gold stamp in the centre. Rebacked. Copy 3: Leather. The covers are gilt with a two panel design. The frames are gilt with a single line fillet and at angles in the outer panel are fleurons. In the centre is the arms of Henry Frederick Prince of Wales. Rebacked. Marbled endpapers. Gilt edges. |
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