Petri Rami Prælectiones in Ciceronis orationes octo consulares. . Vna cum ipsius vita, per Ioann. Thomam Freigium collecta. Reliqua sequens pagina dabit.
Petrus Ramus (1515-1572)
Category
Books
Date
1575
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3020305
Summary
Bibliographic description
60,1-444,19,[1],449-541,[3]p. . 4to. Calf: rules, with factotum centrepiece. Binding contains fragments of Latin manuscript (vellum) and waste sheets from earlier folio printed book on a natural history topic, forming flyleaves back and front. A few early MS notes (various hands) on flyleaves, title-page and prelims and in text; some not readily decipherable (compressed secretary hand) but apparentlly not ownership marks.. Provenance: Signature on title-page (16/early 17c. hand): Joh wadwarde / prec: iij s. Another name crossed through at head of title-page, perhaps: James B[...]es. On vellum stub in binding (in 16c. hand): Proctor Jhon Ponder. Bookplates: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests), pasted over; Lord Brownlow's Grantham House.
Makers and roles
Petrus Ramus (1515-1572) Johannes Thomas Freigius