Shelfmark
Gd.5.18(01)
Author
Uniform title
[De fabrica triremium liber]
Title
Marci Meibomii De fabrica triremium liber..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amsterdami, : [s.n.], MDCLXXI. [1671]
Physical description
[16], CLXXXIV pages, [1] leaf of folded plates : ill. ; 21 cm. (4to)
Language
Text in Latin with sections in Greek and Hebrew.
Note
Woodcut title-page device of the printer (or publisher), incorporating the monogram "ABCCMLT"; woodcut initials.
Note
Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-Z⁴.
Citation/references note
CLC, M760
Provenance
Book label of Nicholas Mann inside front cover, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
17th/18th century sprinkled calf, with 20th century reback and repairs; boards have double-blind-fillet border frames with small ornament at each corner; board edges tooled in gold; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Plate detached.
Copy-specific note
Bound with four other items. Ms. contents list retained and pasted to front paste-down.
Subject
Triremes Design and construction Early works to 1800.
Subject
Shipbuilding Greece Early works to 1800.
Subject
Naval architecture Early works to 1800.
Subject
Naval art and science Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat gre heb
Identifier
B47890