Gemmarum et lapidum historia. Quam olim edidit Anselmus Boetius de Boot, Brugensis, Rudolphi II. Imperatoris medicus. Postea Adrianus Tollius, Lugd.-Bat., M.D., recensuit; figuris melioribus, & commentariis pluribus illustravit, & indice auxit multo locupletiore. Tertia editio longe purgatissima. Cui accedunt Ioannis de Laet, Antvverpiani. De gemmis & lapidibus libri II. Et Theophrasti liber De lapidibus, Gr. & Lat. cum brevibus notis.
Anselmus de Boodt (1550-1632)
Category
Books
Date
1647
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3008223
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 pts. in 1 v. ([8], 576, [24], [2] folded leaves of plates; [64], 210, [6] p.) : ill. (woodcut) ; 8vo. Running number: 5750. 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)]. manuscript number on front fly-leaf: "10-12-16-". Binding: seventeenth-century full calf; gilt double fillet border; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label. Marbled edges.
Makers and roles
Anselmus de Boodt (1550-1632) Joannes de Laet (1581-1649) Adrianus Tollius (fl.17th century) Theophrastus (c.372-287 BC), author