Laus asini. In quâ, praeter eius animalis laudes ac naturae propria, cum politica non pauca, tum nonnulla alia diuersae eruditionis, asperguntur. Ad senatum populumque eorum, qui, ignari omnium, scientias ac literas hoc tempore contemnunt.
Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655)
Category
Books
Date
1623
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk (Accredited Museum)
NT 3201951
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 222 [i.e. 220], [4] p. ; 4to. Running number: 5655. Engraved portrait of 'Erasmus Rotterodamus' (i.e. Desiderius Erasmus) pasted onto fly-leaf facing title page. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; blind double and single fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine with floral stamps and roll decoration, and gilt title on brown leather label. Red burnished edges. Comb-marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655)