Hieroglyphica Horapollinis, a Davide Hoeschelio Fide Codicis Augustani ms. correcta, suppleta, illustrata.
Horapollo (5th century)
Category
Books
Date
1595
Materials
Place of origin
Augsburg
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Blickling Hall, Norfolk, East of England, National Trust
NT 3208450
Summary
Bibliographic description
[9], 214 [i.e. 217], [11] p. ; 4to. Running number: 5939. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century[?] full sprinkled calf; gilt fillet and two roll patterns to form a border; gilt quatrefoil centepiece stamp, within which are four smaller tulip stamps and one floral stamp; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label. Red sprinkled egdes. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Horapollo (5th century), author David Hoeschel (1556-1617), editor Jean Mercier (d.1570, editor Marcus Welser (1558-1614), engraver and publisher