Shelfmark
Fd.8.23
Author
Title
Centum fabulæ ex antiquis scriptoribus delectæ, et à Gabriele Faerno Cermonensi carminibus explicatæ, hac editione variorum sententiis sapientum adornatæ.
Varying form of title
Distinctive title: Centum fabulae ex antiquis scriptoribus delectae
Publication, distribution, etc.
Bruxellis, : Apud Franciscum Foppens., 1682.
Physical description
[16], 200, [6] p. : ill. ; 15 cm. (8vo).
Note
Includes preface of Silvio Antoniano.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Each fable is accompanied by a woodcut illustration.
Note
Engraved printer's device on title-page.
Note
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials.
Provenance
Ownership inscription on title-page: C. Herriot. Possibly Charles Herriott, scholar at King's College Cambridge, admitted from Eton 1688, becoming a fellow in 1692. See Venn, I, p. 359.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary mid brown sprinkled calf; blind tooled double fillet border, with arabesque and floral roll on spine edge; blind tooled swag and dot roll on board edges; spine label with gold tooled fillet now detached; red sprinkled edges; four raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fg.7.16.
Subject
Fables, Latin Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Foppens, François, ? - -1684 former owner.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Belgium Brussels
Language code
lat
Identifier
B46075