Shelfmark
Gg.3.12
Author
Title
Romanarum antiquitatum libri decem / ex variis scriptoribus summa fide singularique diligentia collecti à Ioanne Rosino Bartholomaei F. Isennacensi Thuringo. Cum indicibus locupletissimis..
Varying form of title
Romanarvm antiqvitatvm libri decem
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileae : Ex officina Haeredum Petri Pernae., Anno M D XXCIII. [1583]
Physical description
[24], 491, [65] p. : ill. ; 32 cm. (Fo.)
Note
Signatures: )(⁶ )()(⁶ a⁸ b-z⁶, A-O⁶ P⁴ Q-Y⁶ Z⁸.
Note
Woodcut illustration entitled 'Descriptio vrbis Romae a Romulo condita runs across leaves a4 verso and a5 recto. Woodcut illustration entitled 'Vetus romanorum castrametatio' runs across leaves P2 verso and P3 recto.
Note
Printer's device on title-page, and on verso of final printed leaf.
Note
Head-pieces and initials; printed marginalia; frames of type ornaments on some pages.
Note
Colophon (on leaf Z8 recto) reads: "Basileae, Ex officina Petri Pernae, per Conradum Waldkirch. M. D. LXXXIII.".
Note
Errors in pagination: page numbers 135-136 omitted in pagination. Leaves P2 and P3 are foliated rather than paginated.
Note
Adams has an error[?] in signatures. Quire 'a' gathered in 8 (which accords with pagination); Adams shows in 6.
Note
Adams records close variant editions: in R798 leaf )(3 recto ends: "incedētes vis om-" and in variant R799 ends: "incedē-".
Citation/references note
Adams, R798
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page verso.
Binding
Early 17th century English dark brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet frame; blind tooled single fillet on board edges; holes in front board for chain plate; blind tooled triple fillet on spine; brown morocco spine label with gold tooled triple fillet frame and title; red sprinkled edges; title written in ink on fore-edge. Possibly by Vincent Williamson.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Ch.4.16, Ch.4.15.
Subject
Rome Antiquities Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Waldkirch, Conrad von, fl. 1583 - 1616 publisher.
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent binder.
Added entry--name
Haeredes Petri Pernae printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Identifier
B49853