Shelfmark
Fi.1.01 - Fi.1.04
Author
Title
Gallia Christiana, qua series omnium archiepiscoporum episcoporum et abbatum Franciæ, vicinarumque ditionum, ab origine ecclesiarum, ad nostra tempora per quatuor tomos deducitur. Et probatur ex antiquæ fidei manuscriptis, Vaticani, regum, principum, tabulariis omnium Galliæ cathedralium & abbatiarum. Opus fratrum gemellorum Scæuolæ et Ludouici Sammarthanorum auctum, & primò in lucem editum a Petro Abelio et Nicolao Sammarthanis, Scæuolæ filiis, Ludouici nepotibus. ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lutetiæ Parisiorum, : Apud Ioannem Guignard patrem, in primâ columnâ majoris Aulæ Palatij iuxta Consultationes., M. DC. LVI. [1656]
Physical description
4 v. : ill. (map) ; 37 cm. (fol.)
Note
Half-title in vol 1 only: Gallia Christiana. Tomis IV.
Note
Added engraved t.p. for each vol. signed: Jean Marot.
Note
Title pages printed in red and black; woodcut vignette.
Note
ECL copy is a mixed set with vols 2-4 in the issue with imprint "Apud Petrum Menard bibliop. iuratum, viâ Veteris Enodationis, iuxta terminum Pontis D. Michaëlis, sub signo Boni Pastoris"; other issues have imprints "Apud Carolum Du Mesnil ...", "Apud viduam G. Aliot ..." and "Apud vidum Edmundi Pepingué ...".
Note
Folded engraved map of French sees in vol 1.
Note
Pagination: [v.1]: [28], 869 [i.e. 871], [65] p. (final leaf blank); [v.2]: [12], 420 [i.e. 416] p., 421-681 [i.e. 680], [19] leaves ; [v.3]: [8], 553-1227, [1] p. ; [v.4]: [32], 1006, [10] p. (final leaf blank).
Note
Errors in pagination/foliation: [v.1]: page numbers 116-117 repeated ; [v.2] page numbers 283-286 and leaf number 667 omitted, leaf 666 misnumbered 657 ; [v.3]: register omits 7O, leaves 7P1 and 7Q2 signed 7O1 and 7P2 respectively .
Note
At foot of imprint: Cum priuilegio Regis, et mandato cleri Gallicani.
Note
Woodcut head-pieces, initials. Text printed in two columns.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on title-page recording purchase for Eton College Library using Provost Henry Godolphin's legacy in 1732. 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Rubbed-out ms. inscription of previous owner on all letterpress title pages, illegible.
Provenance
Booksellers annotations on front pastedown and front flyleaf of vol 1.
Binding
17th-century vellum laced case binding, possibly Dutch, laced at head and tail and five sewing supports; yapp edges; black morocco spine labels.
Copy-specific note
Title-leaves of vols 3 and 4 are transposed and the volume numbers corrected in ms.; volume numbers on spine labels accordingly incorrect.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Ce.2.01-Ce.2.04, De.1.13-De.1.6, Df.1.13-Df.1.16.
Subject
Subject
France Church history Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Guignard, Jean, ? - -1676 printer.
Added entry--name
Ménard, Pierre, active 1624 - 1657 printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B37813