Lexicon antiquitatum romanarum: . in quo ritus et antquitates cum Graecis ac Romanis communes, tum Romanis peculiares, sacrae et profanae, publicae et privatae, ciuiles ac militares exponuntur. ... Auctore Samuele Pitisco: cum figuris in aes incisis.
Samuel Pitiscus (1637-1727)
Category
Books
Date
1713
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3024473.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
t.2. . ill.. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: M.4.6. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 26, price Đ15 (an error in transcription?). Christie's, 21 June, 2004, lot 531.. Provenance: Bookplate: John Myddelton Esqr. of Chirk Castle Denbighshire [i.e. John Myddelton (1685-1747)] (the plate of Robert Myddelton of Chirk Castle with inscription altered); Jacobean armorial, after 1733. Franks 21457. This has been pasted over an earlier bookplate, probably that of John's brother, Robert (1678-1733).. Binding: Seventeenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled sprinkled calf binding; blind roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label.
Makers and roles
Samuel Pitiscus (1637-1727)