De agrorum conditionibus, & constitutionibus limitum, Siculi Flacci lib. I. Iulii Frontini lib. I. Aggeni Vrbici lib. II. Hygeni Gromatici lib. II. Variorum auctorum ordines finitionum. De iugeribus metiundis. Finium regundorum. Lex Mamilia. Coloniarum pop. Romani descriptio. Terminorum inscriptiones & formae. De generibus lineamentorum. De mensuris & ponderibus. Omnia figuris illustrata.
Pierre Galland (1510-1559)
Category
Books
Date
1554
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3031380
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 256, [12], 20 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 6190. Provenance: manuscript inscription on fly-leaf facing title page: "Agrorum" [i.e. title note and catalogue entry for anonymous works, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription at head of title page, illegible sixteenth-century[?] name. With manuscript marginal annotations and underscoring of text on pp. 6 and 42. Manuscript code number in red crayon or pencil on rear pastedown: "A97". Binding: seventeenth-century full calf; sewn onto five sewing supports, with five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; remnants of sheepskin title label on spine. Red stained bookblock edges.
Makers and roles
Pierre Galland (1510-1559), editor Adrien Turnèbe (1512-1565), editor Agennius Urbicus , author Hyginus Gromaticus (fl.98-117 AD), author Siculus Flaccus, author Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40-103 AD), author Adrien Turnèbe (1512-1565), publisher