De vrbis ac Romani olim imperii splendore opus eruditionibus, historijs, ac animaduersionibus, tam sacris quam profanis illustratum. In quo etiam nonnulla ex occasione tanguntur, tam circa Romanae ecclesiae principatum, quam circa alias reliquarum orbis regionum res memoratu dignas. Auctore Ioanne Baptista Casalio Romano.
Giovanni Battista Casali (1578 - 1648)
Category
Books
Date
1650
Materials
Place of origin
Rome
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3032343
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 168 p., columns 169-172, pp. 173-437, [15] p., [7] leaves of plates (6 folded) : ill. ; fol. Running number: 5989. Imperfect: wanting all plates. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "δ'." [i.e. delta' = Greek number 4]. Manuscript number on front pastedown: "208.[over]6.". Binding: seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on four raised bands; blind double fillet border; gilt floral roll pattern along board edges; gilt double fillets on spine' gilt title on brown leather label on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Battista Casali (1578 - 1648), author Jean Baron (Joannes Baronius) (d.1660), engraver (printmaker)