Imperatorum Romanorum a Julio Caesare ad Heraclium usque, Numismata aurea, excellentissimi, dum viveret, Caroli Ducis Croii et Arschotani, &c. Magno & sumptuoso studio collecta, nec minore fide, atque industriâ Jacobi de Bie ex archetypis in aes incisa, brevi & historico commentario explicata. Accedit Ludolphi Smids, M.D. Romanorum imperatorum pinacotheca. Sigebertus Havercampus recensuit & auxit.
Jacques De Bie (1581-1650)
Category
Books
Date
1738
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk (Accredited Museum)
NT 3031727
Summary
Bibliographic description
[22], 186, [6] p., [1], 64 leaves of plates; [8], 28 p., [2], 12, XII leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 4to. Running number: 6243. Damp staining at head of spine fold throughout. Provenance: manuscript inscription at foot of front fly-leaf: "Pl. 3." [this is written in the hand of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full mottled calf; sewn onto three supports, with five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, with fillet, roll and stamp decoration; brown goatskin label with gilt title on spine. Red burnished textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Jacques De Bie (1581-1650) , author Charles, duc de Croy (1560-1612) , collector Siwart Haverkamp (1684-1742), editor Ludolph Smids (1649-1720), author Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Bruges 1523 - Florence 1605), artist Adriaan Schoonebeek (1657-1705), engraver