Shelfmark
Gd.7.34
Author
Title
Helvetia antiqua et nova, seu, Opus describens I. Helvetiam, quoad adjuncta & partes & Helvetiorum antiquitatem, originem, nomina, mores, antiquam linguam, religionem, politiam, virtutem bellicam, &c. II. Antiquiora Helvetiæ loca, &c. III. Populos Helvetijs finitimos, &c. Operâ & studio Joh. Bap. Plantini Lausannensis & apud Castrodunenses Helv. V.D.M..
Varying form of title
Helvetia antiqva et nova, sev, Opus describens
Varying form of title
Opus describens
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Specialis ac brevis locorum ac populorum Helvetiæ, regionumque finitimarum descriptio ex antiquis monumentis & authoribus
Publication, distribution, etc.
Bernæ : Excudebat illustrissimæ reipublicæ Bernensis typographus, Georgius Sonnleitnerus,, M.DC.LVI. [1656]
Physical description
[24], 357, [11] p., [2] leaves of plates (folded) : tables ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Note
Below title: Cum gratia & privilegio magistratus Bernensis.
Note
Page 221 with divisional half title page reading: "Specialis ac brevis locorum ac populorum Helvetiæ, regionumque finitimarum descriptio ex antiquis monumentis & authoribus"; pagination and register continuous.
Note
Woodcut ornament on title page; woodcut head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Note
Text printed in Roman and Italic type.
Note
Signatures: (*)⁸ 2(*)⁴ A-Z⁸.
Note
Includes index on [9] pages at end.
Note
Errata on leaf Z4v.
Provenance
Book label of Nicholas Mann inside front cover, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
Contemporary parchment over boards; tackets; text block edges sprinkled brown.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dh.8.02.
Subject
Switzerland History Early works to 1800.
Subject
Switzerland Antiquities Early works to 1800.
Subject
Switzerland Languages Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Bern.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B47996