L'histoire de Dion Cassius de Nycaee: contenant les vies des 26. Empereurs, qui ont regné depuis Iulius Caesar, iusques à Alexandre fils de Mammaee, abbregée par Xiphilin. Translatee de Grec en François par M. Antoyne Canque ... Auec les annotations dudit translateur.
Cassius Dio Cocceianus (155 - 235)
Category
Books
Date
1589
Materials
Measurements
171 x 120 x 43 mm
Place of origin
France
Collection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 3012480
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Laced case, limpDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: Sewn double-fold outside hook of plain white laid paper at front, outer leaf pasted to cover. Back: sewn single-leaf outside hook of plain white laid paper, pasted to cover. Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, polished Spine Lining: Flat spine, no joints, glued, lined with two pieces of linen glued in panels 1/2 and 3/4 End Bands: Worked L-R 1x1 in pink thread over twisted parchment cores, 3 tiedowns? Bookmark: NoneBoards: NoneCovering: Calf parchment with joint crease, mixed-width turn-ins and yapps on foredges; patterned angled lacing along joints. Tooling Spine: contemporary ms title written up spine with early 19th-century gold-tooled leather label in panel 2Tooling Sides: Furniture: 2 pairs of foredge alum-tawed ties, no. 1 lacingEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: nb circular block with inscription used as bearer type on blank lower half of final text leaf.
Bibliographic description
[8],378,[9] leaves . 8vo.. Manuscript on tp.: "J. Marueilliac"; annotated. Spine label reads "Diou Cassius".
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Cassius Dio Cocceianus (155 - 235)