Kl. Ailianou sophistou Poikilē historia, = Cl. Aeliani sophistae Varia historia, cum notis integris Conradi Gesneri, Johannis Schefferi, Tanaquilli Fabri, Joachimi Kuhnii, Jacobi Perizonii, & interpretatione Latina Justi Vulteji, innumeris in locis emendata. / Curante Abrahamo Gronovio, qui & suas adnotationes adjecit.
Claudius Aelian (c.170 - c.235)
Category
Books
Date
1731
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3022042
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 4828. Pagination: vol. 1: [98], 566 p.; vol. 2: [2], 567-1056, [160] p. Provenance: dedicatee's copy [i.e. Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742), to whom the book is dedicated]. Binding: eighteenth-century presentation binding: red morocco, ornately gold-tooled with roll patterns and stamps to a panel design; gold roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spines, with title and vol. number lettered directly onto spines. Gilt edges, with gauffered pattern.
Makers and roles
Claudius Aelian (c.170 - c.235) Abraham Gronovius (1695-1775) Justus Vulteius (c.1528-1575) Conrad Gessner (1516-1565), author Joannes Scheffer (1621-1679), author Joachim Kuhn (1647-1697), author Tannegui Lefebvre (1615-1672), author Jakob Perizonius (1651-1715), author