M. Tullii Ciceronis ad M. Brutum orator, / Iacobi Lodoici Strebaei, & Victoris Pisani commentariis, Philippi Melanchthonis scholiis, Ioannis Riuij Atthendoriensis, & Petri Victorii castigationibus, illustratus.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1543
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3007925
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 222, [18] p. ; 4to. Running number: 4793. 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)]. With occasional manuscript marginal annotations and underscoring of text. Binding: eighteenth-century red morocco, gold-tooled with floral roll pattern border and panel, the panel with cornerpiece stamps; gilt floral roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title lettered directly onto spine. Gilt edges. Light blue marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Philipp Schwarzerd called Melanchthon (1497-1560), editor Victor Pisanus (d.1549), editor Johann Rivius (1500-1553), editor Jacques-Louis Strébée (d.c.1550) , editor Pietro Vettori (1499-1585), editor