Shelfmark
Gb.7.26
Author
Title
Opticae systema methodicum per theoremata et problemeta selecta concinnatum & duobus libris comprehensum. : Cui subiecta est Physiognomia humana, itidem duobus libris breuiter & perspicue pertractata. / Authore M. Clementi Timplero. philosophiae in illustri Schola Steinfurtensi professore..
Varying form of title
Opticae systema methodicvm per theoremata et problemeta selecta concinnatum
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Physiognomiæ humanæ, libri duo
Publication, distribution, etc.
Hanouiae, : Apud Petrum Antonium., Anno M DC XVII. [1617]
Physical description
[24], 128, [8], 129-240 p. ; 18 cm. (8vo.)
Note
"Physiognomiae humanae, libri duo" has separate title-page and [6] p. of index, printed on leaves †1-4. These should be bound between p. 128 (final p. of "Opticae systema methodicum", leaf H8) and p. 129 where its text proper begins (leaf I1).
Note
Printer's emblem as title-page vignette; head- and tail-pieces; initials; marginal notes.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page verso.
Provenance
Possibly from the library of John Harrison, Head Master of Eton, 1630-1642, according to the card catalogue record.
Binding
Contemporary English mid brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border; gold tooled lozenge roll on board edges; blind tooled double fillet on spine wih gold tooled single fillet hatching at tail; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Ef.8.1, Dl.8.1.
Copy-specific note
Copy misbound: title-page and preliminaries on leaves †1-4 have been bound in after the preliminaries of Opticae systema methodicum, and before leaf A1.
Subject
Optics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Physiognomy Early works to 1800
Added entry--name
Antonius, Peter, active 1602 - 1624 printer.
Added entry--name
Harrison, John, ? - d. 1642 former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Hanau.
Identifier
B48418