L. Annaei Flori Rerum Romanarum libri duo priores, ex criticorum observationibus correcti, cum textus ratione, notisque variorum, historicis, politicis, & antiquariis: jussu & impensis augustissimi Regis Borussiae & Electoris Brandenburgici, in usum principis regni et electoratus haeredis, adnornati & editi à Laurentio Begero, ...
Lucius Annaeus Florus (c.74-c.130 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1704
Materials
Place of origin
Berlin
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3029813
Summary
Bibliographic description
[26], 14, 396 p., [16] leaves of plates (4 folded) : ill., maps. ; fol. Running number: 6300. Leaf Cc4 torn off and repaired at foot. Provenance: manuscript initial on recto of front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript bibliographical note in the hand of John Mitchell on verso of front fly-leaf: "De hac Flori editione. Laurentius Begerus luculentissimam Flori editionem serenissimo Principi Regni Prussici heredi consecratam adornavit notis criticis atque historicis, & pulcherrimo nummorum ac veterum monumentorum apparatu instructam. Sed duo tantum libri priores editi sunt Berolini 1704. fol. reliquos antequam perficeret fatis concessit elegantioris ille antiquitatis peritissimus interpres & ruspator curiosissimus Anno 1705. 20. Febr. Fabricij Biblioth: Latina, de Floro". Manuscript price[?] in pencil on recto of front fly-leaf: "1-1-". Manuscript code in black ink on rear fly-leaf. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf (rubbed); sewn onto six sewing supports; six raised bands; single blind fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, with fillet, roll and stamp decoration; brown goatskin label with gilt title on spine. Red sprinkled bookblock edges. French curl marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Lucius Annaeus Florus (c.74-c.130 AD) Lorenz Beger (1653-1705), editor