Shelfmark
Cr.4.4.10
Additional shelfmark
Fi.9.17
Additional shelfmark
Fq.09.02
Author
Uniform title
[De Bosporo Thracio]
Title
P. Gyllii de Bosporo Thracio lib. III.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugduni Batavorum, : Apud Elzevirios, M DC XXXII. [1632]
Physical description
379, [5]p ; 12 cm. (24mo)
Note
Edited by Antoine Gilles.
Note
First of two 1632 editions, having "LXV." in the epitaph of Gyllius in the last line of the verso of p. 379; the second edition has "LX.V."
Note
Engraved title-page.
Citation/references note
Willems, A. Elzevier, 366
Citation/references note
Rahir, E. Elzevier, 347
Provenance
[Cr.4.4.10] Stamp of Eton College; ms. note "Bot. 1902 2/6", probably by Francis Warre Cornish.
Provenance
[Fi.9.17] Ms. note on endpaper "Bought 2/0" i.e. by Eton College?
Provenance
[Fq.09.02] Engraved armorial bookplate of Lord Henry Cholmondeley with motto "Cassis tutissima virtus".
Provenance
[Fq.09.02] Ms. inscription in red ink, in a 19th-century hand: "Robt R Steele 147".
Provenance
[Fq.09.02] Pencil note recording purchase in 1905, probably by Francis Warre-Cornish.
Provenance
[Fq.09.02] Ms. annotations: "X 10", "899/D.1".
Binding
[Cr.4.4.10] 17th century Dutch vellum laced case binding, laced at head and tail and three sewing supports; yapp edges; traces of ms. spine title and oval shelf label.
Binding
[Fi.9.17] 17th-century dark brown calf; border of triple blind fillets; gold-tooled smooth spine with title tooled in gold; printed endpapers; blue text block edges; ms. fore-edge title.
Binding
[Fq.09.02] 17th-century Dutch vellum laced case binding, laced at head and tail and three sewing supports; yapp edges.
Copy-specific note
[Cr.4.4.10] Previously: EC C3.9.
Copy-specific note
[Fi.9.17] Previously: EC C3.8.
Copy-specific note
[Fq.09.02] Previously: EC C3.7.
Subject
Bosporus (Turkey) Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Elzevir, Abraham, 1592 - 1652 printer.
Added entry--name
Elzevir, Bonaventure, 1583 - 1652 printer.
Added entry--name
Warre Cornish, Francis, 1839 - 1916 former owner.
Added entry--name
Officina Elzeviriana publisher.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B15471