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Title
Sethi CalvisI Opus chronologicum : ubi tempus astronomicum per motus & eclipses luminarium celestium, tanquam characteres infallibiles epocharum, ex fundamentis chronologicis demonstratur & applicatur..
Varying form of title
Sethi Calvisii Opus chronologicum
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Opus chronologicum
Edition
Editio quarta / emendatior, & in annum labentem producta. Adjectus est index personarum & rerum, uberrimus..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Francofurti ad Moenum & Embdæ : Impensis Christiani Gerlachii & Simonis Beckensteinii. Typis verò exscripsit Anthonius Hummius, Anno Christi M DC L. [1650]
Physical description
[8], 1030, [96] p. ; 36 cm. (Fo.)
Note
Title page printed in red and black.
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With engraved title page vignette: device of Christianus Gerlach & Simon Beckenstein, with motto: Sustinemur concordia.
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With woodcut head- and tail-pieces, and historiated initials.
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Includes index.
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With half title page: 'Sethi CalvisI Opus chronologicum'.
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Signatures: [A]⁴ ²A-5A⁶ 5B⁸.
Provenance
Booklabel recording donation to Eton College by John Reynolds in 1751.
Binding
18th century quarter sprinkled sheep; boards covered in blue sugar paper; gold tooled lozenge and gem roll on spine; five raised bands; spine label lost; red sprinkled text block.
Subject
History, Ancient Chronology.
Added entry--name
Gerlach, Christian, active 1652 - 1677 publisher.
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Beckenstein, Simon, ? - c. 1669? publisher.
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Humm, Anton, ? - d. 1659 printer.
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Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Emden.
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Germany Frankfurt am Main.
Identifier
B49865