Shelfmark
Gc.8.32
Author
Title
Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentum. Auctore Humfredo Lhuyd, Denbighiense, Cambro Britanno. Huius auctoris diligentiam & iudicium lector admirabitur..
Varying form of title
Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentvm
Publication, distribution, etc.
Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud Ioannem Birckmannum, M. D. LXXII. [1572]
Physical description
[8], 79 [i.e. 78], [2] leaves ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Note
At foot of title page, below imprint: "Cum gratia & priuilegio Caesa. Maiest."
Leaf 78 misfoliated 79.
Note
Printer's device on title page; woodcut initials.
Note
Signatures: A-L⁸ (L7 and L8 blank).
Note
Last two leaves blank.
Provenance
Booklabel recording donation to Eton College by John Reynolds in 1751.
Provenance
Extensive near contemporary marginalia and underlinings in the text.
Binding
Contemporary limp parchment laced case binding, laced at three sewing stations; spine title lettered in ink "Llo[yd] Fragmenta Hist: Britani[--]" (obscured by shelfmark label).
Copy-specific note
ECL copy imperfect: wanting title and dedication leaves (A1 and A2); edition identified in curatorial hand on front free-endpaper.
Copy-specific note
Previous Eton shelfmark: Fk.8.21.
Subject
Britons History
Subject
Celtic languages Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Subject
Great Britain Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Subject
Wales History Early works to 1800.
Subject
Scotland History Early works to 1800.
Subject
Ireland History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Birckmann, Johann, 1527 - 1572 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Cologne.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B53227