Shelfmark
Fd.8.29
Author
Collective uniform title
Epitome rerum Romanarum
Title
L. Flori De gesti Romanorum libri quatuor, cum annotationibus Ioan. Camertis, quæ commentarij vice esse possunt. His accesserunt C. Velleij Paterculi historiæ Romanæ ad M. Vinicium libri II. Sexti Ruffi viri consularis de historia Romana epitome. Messalæ Coruini oratoris disertissimi de progenie Augusti Cœsaris [sic] libellus. Cum indice locupletissimo.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Parisiis, : Apud Hieronymum de Marnef, sub Pelicano, monte D. Hilarij., 1560.
Physical description
475, [53] p. ; 13 cm. (16mo)
Note
Printer's device on title-page; Gryphius' device on verso of final page.
Note
Initials; head- and tail-pieces.
Note
Includes index.
Citation/references note
Adams, F648
Citation/references note
Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, I, 156.
Provenance
Armorial binding of Jacques de Malenfant, seigneur de Preyssac (1530-1603).
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
16th century brown calf; tooled in gold with hatched corner-pieces and a large central cartouche decorated with silver, containing the arms, name and motto of Jacques de Malinfant. Traces of two pairs of ties. The spine has four gold-tooled double bands, two single bands and seven compartments, gold tooled with open tools; the headbands are green and yellow. The edges of the boards are tooled in gold and the edges are gilt, gauffered and painted. Green silk ribbon bookmark. -- description from Mirjam Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, vol. 1, p. 156.
Copy-specific note
Red ruled pages.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Ca.8.12, Ce.7.14, Co.2.5.15, Fd.8.27a.
Subject
Latin historians Collections Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rome History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
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Marnef, Hiérosme de, 1515 - 1595 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Malenfant, Jacques de, 1530 - 1603 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Paris
Language code
lat
Identifier
B46086