Velleius Paterculus his Romane historie: . in two bookes. Exactly translated out of the Latine edition supervised by Ianus Gruterus. According to the reformations in such parts of him, in which the Latin hath suffered either by time, or negligence in the transcribers of the ablest commenters upon him. And rendred English by Sr. Robert Le Grys Knt.
Marcus Velleius Paterculus (c.19 BC – c.30 AD),
Category
Books
Date
1632
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3025755
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 430, [2] p. . 12mo. Inscriptions on front flyleaves: 'Omnibus est nomen. sed [.] est omnibus omen. / Dum spiro spero nihil est mortule quod opto'. Note on title-page: 'pr. 1s. 8d'. End flyleaves have list of numbers 1-5 in varying order, perhaps for change-ringing; also MS note (17th-century hand): 'Bookes lent: To Lewis Phillop: de Com / To Butcher Man: Al mondo / To Dobson Starling axioms e [.]lonike / To Embleme Farrarius orat. / To Love Cleavelands poems / (7:)'. Provenance: Initials on binding: EI 1644 [not identified]. Inscription on flyleaf (name deleted): 'Ex libris [.] R.C. pret. 1s. 8d.' Bookplate: Lord Brownlow's Grantham House. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf, triple gilt fillet borders. Initials and date blindstamped on both boards. Spine-label lacking, impress of title still visible: 'Patercv Roman Histori'.
Makers and roles
Marcus Velleius Paterculus (c.19 BC – c.30 AD), Jan Gruter (Gruytere) (1560-1627) Sir Robert Le Grys (d.1635)