Shelfmark
Gg.3.10(02)
Author
Uniform title
[Poliorceticon]
Title
Iusti LipsI Poliorcetic[ō]n siue De machinis. Tormentis. Telis. : Libri quinque. Ad historiarum lucem.
Varying form of title
Ivsti LipsI Poliorcetic[ō]n sive De machinis. Tormentis. Telis
Varying form of title
Iusti Lipsii Poliorcetic[ō]n siue De machinis. Tormentis. Telis
Varying form of title
Ivsti Lipsii Poliorcetic[ō]n sive De machinis. Tormentis. Telis
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De machinis. Tormentis. Telis
Publication, distribution, etc.
Antuerpiæ, : Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Viduam, & Ioannem Moretum., M. D. XCVI. [1596]
Physical description
[16], 267, [9] p. : ill. (engr.) ; 27 cm. (4to.)
Note
Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-Z⁴ a-k⁴ l⁶.
Note
Printer's devices on title-page (engraved) and on final leaf recto (woodcut).
Note
Final "o" in Poliorceticon appears as an omega in the title.
Note
Engravings attributed to Pieter van der Borcht.
Note
Tailpieces and initials; printed marginalia.
Note
First edition of 1500 copies.
Citation/references note
Adams, L797
Citation/references note
Bibl. Belgica (1964), L424
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page verso of first item in volume; stamp of Eton College on binding.
Binding
17th century English dark brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border; small gold stamped armorial centrepiece of Eton College; traces of holes for clasps; blind tooled single fillet on spine; five raised bands; orange-brown stained edges.
Copy-specific note
Second of two items in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dc.4.6.
Subject
Engines of war Rome Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rome Military antiquities Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Moretus, Jan, 1543 - 1610 printer.
Added entry--name
Rivière, Jeanne, ? - d. 1596 printer.
Added entry--name
Plantijnsche Drukkerij printer.
Added entry--place
Belgium Antwerp.
Identifier
B49851