Shelfmark
Gd.5.19
Author
Title
Marci Zuerii Boxhornii Historia universalis sacra et profana, a Christo nato ad annum usque MDCL. In qua illustrium gentium ac principum origines, res gestæ, variæ mutationes in ecclesia et republica, aliaque ex variis, etiam hactenus ineditis, monumentis traduntur..
Varying form of title
Historia universalis sacra et profana, a Christo nato ad annum usque MDCL
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Caroli V. et sequentium imperatorum tempora, ac res gestæ, usque ad annum MDCL
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugduni Batavorum, : Ex officinâ Petri Leffen., MDCLII. [1652]
Physical description
[16], 1072, 107, [37] p. ; 20 cm. (4to)
Note
Woodcut printer's device on title-page.
Note
Title-page and leaf *4v printed in red and black.
Note
Main body of text within simple lined border.
Note
"Caroli V. et sequentium imperatorum tempora, ac res gestæ, usque ad annum MDCL." has separate half-title, pagination, and register.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Errata on leaf 2*4v.
Note
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials; printed marginalia.
Note
Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-6T⁴ a-s⁴.
Provenance
Book label of John Reynolds on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary calf; boards have triple-blind-fillet border frames; four raised bands, bordered by blind-fillets; red goatskin spine label with gilt title in double-gold-fillet frame: "Boxhornii Historia universalis"; board edges blind-tooled; text block edges sprinkled red and blue.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fe.4.01.
Subject
World history Early works to 1800.
Subject
Church history Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Leffen, Pieter printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B47897