Thesaurus antiquitatum romanarum, . in quo continentur ... scriptores, qui superiori aut nostro seculo Romanae reipublicae rationem, disciplinam, leges, instituta, sacra, artesque togatas ac sagatas explicarunt & illustrarunt, congestus a Joanne Georgio Graevio. Accesserunt variae & accuratae tabulae aeneae.
Joannes Georgius Graevius (1632-1703)
Category
Books
Date
1694 - 1699
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3024603
Summary
Bibliographic description
12v., plates (some folded) . ill.., maps, tables . fol.. Previous shelfmark: L.2.1-12. manuscript price on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "52:10:0 25 vols" (this includes the 13 vol. set of Gronovius's "Thesaurus Graecarum antiquitatum"). Identified in 1796 inventory: F 3, price Đ7. Christie's, 21 June, 2004, lot 615.. Provenance: Bookplate in each vol: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; gilt roll on board edges; blind roll on turn-ins; gilt fillet panels on spines, with gilt interlaced circular stamps, title and vol. no. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Joannes Georgius Graevius (1632-1703)