Shelfmark
Bq.3.10
Additional shelfmark
Sa1.2.11 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
C. Iulius Cæsar siue historiæ imperatorum Cæsarumque Romanorum ex antiquis numismatibus restitutæ liber primus Accessit C. Iulii Cæsaris vita et res gestæ Huberto Goltz ... auctore et sculptore.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Brugis Flandrorum : apud Hubertum Goltzium, 1563.
Physical description
[40], LVII, 231, [49]p : ill. ; 33cm. (Fo.)
Note
Quires A-K consist largely of engraved plates.
Note
Woodcut initials, marginal notes.
Note
Engraved printer's device with inscription "Hubertas aurea saeculi" on verso of final leaf.
Note
Engraved title-page.
Note
Colophon: "Brugis Flandorum apud Hubertum Goltzium Herbipolitam Venlonianum, mense Septembri An. Sal. M.D.LXIII".
Note
Imprint gives date as 1562, but this has been amended in ms. to 1563, which agrees with date in colophon. Another issue (see Adams G830) has imprint date printed as M.D.LXIII.
Citation/references note
Adams G829
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Topham stamp; bequeathed to Eton by Richard Topham in 1736.
Provenance
Copy 2: In 1913 the book belonged to Charles Fairfax-Murray (see Catalogue... of early German books (1913) no. 477) (card cat.).
Provenance
Copy 2: Book-label of John Hely-Hutchinson. Bought by him in August 1948.
Provenance
Copy 2: Book-label of Cortland Field Bishop (sale in New York 1948).
Provenance
Copy 2: Armorial label of (?) Col. Daniel Sickles of New York (sale 17/11/1947).
Provenance
Copy 2: Book-label of Jacopo Cerutti. Date 1588 written on front fly-leaf and the name of a Jesuit - Jacobus?
Binding
17th century vellum with gold-tooled central ornament. Remains of ties.
Binding
Copy 2: 16th century crimson morocco with presentation inscription; lettered in gilt on front cover from Marc Laurin (1530-1581) to Maximilien de Bergues (c. 1512-1570, Bishop of Cambrai (from 1559), and Goltz's motto HUBERTAS AUREA SECLI within an olive wreath in the centre of both covers. Binding probably executed in Bruges (cf. the Goltzius Fastos magistratuum 1566) also presented to de Bergues, in Foot, M. The Henry Davis gift vol. 1 (1978) pp. 220 & pl. In green box
Copy-specific note
Previously Bh.4.12.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Previously: AZ.1.2.7 and EAST 1.9.
Subject
Subject
Numismatics, Roman Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rome History 53-44 B.C.
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--name
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849 - 1919 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sickles, Daniel, 1819 - 1914 former owner.
Added entry--name
Cerutti, Jacopo former owner.
Added entry--name
Bishop, Cortlandt Field, 1870 - 1935 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hely-Hutchinson, J. W., 1882 - 1955 (John Walter) former owner.
Added entry--name
Laurin, Marc, b. 1530 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Bergues, Maximilien de, c. 1512 - 1570 former owner.
Added entry--name
Goltzius, Hubert, 1526 - 1583 printer.
Added entry--place
Belgium Bruges.
Identifier
B13144