Fp.8.04
[De consolatione philosophiae]
Anicii Manlii Severini Boëtii v.c. et inl. excons. ord. exmag. off. atque patricii Consolationis philosophiae libros quinque / interpretatione et notis illustravit Petrus Callyus, regius eloquentiæ & philosophiæ professor in Academiâ Cadomensi, jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum Serenissimi Delphini·.
Portion of title: Consolationis philosophiae libros quinque
Lutetiæ Parisiorum, : Apud Lambertum Roulland, Reginæ Christianissimæ typographum atque bibliopolam, viâ Jacobæâ, sub Scuto Reginæ., M. DC. LXXX. [1680]
[40], 352, [56] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm (4to).
Includes index.
Head- and tail- pieces, initials and printed marginalia.
Engraved frontispiece with Delphin emblem.
Title-page vignette (royal arms).
Signatures: ã⁴ ẽ⁴ ĩ⁴ õ⁴ ũ⁴ A-2X⁴ 2Y² ²B² 3A-3M².
With footnotes in double columns.
CLC, B1948
BM STC French, 1601-1700, B1264
Inscription on title-page: Biéville.
19th century engraved bookplate with monogram 'H' and coronet. The coronet is not British.
20th century armorial bookplate of Eton College Library.
Contemporary mottled calf; gold tooled sprig tool on board edges; gold tooled fleuron decoration on spine; gold tooled title on spine; red sprinkled edges; marbled endpapers; five raised bands.
Previous shelfmark: En.5.16.
Happiness Early works to 1800.
Philosophy and religion Early works to 1800.
Roulland, Lambert printer.
Cally, Pierre, 1630 - 1709 editor.
France Paris.
B45789