Inscriptiones sacrosanctae vetustatis non illae quidem Romanae, sed totius fere orbis summo studio ac maximis impensis terra mariq[ue] conquisitae feliciter incipiunt. Magnifico viro Domino Raymundo Fuggero inuictis simorum caesaris Caroli Quinti ac Ferdinandi Romanoru[m] regis a consiliis, bonarum literaru[m] mecaenati incomparabili Petrus Apianus mathematic[us] Ingolstadien[sis] & Barptholomeus Amantius poëta DED.
Peter Apian (1495-1552)
Category
Books
Date
1534
Materials
Place of origin
Ingolstadt
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3032465
Summary
Bibliographic description
[40], CCCCCXII, [8] p. : ill. (woodcuts), coat of arms ; fol. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [this is probably William Windham (1717-1761)]. Manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on verso of front free endpaper: "P7". Manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on recto of rear free endpaper: "L6". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn onto three supports; five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine. Red burnished textblock edges. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Peter Apian (1495-1552), author Bartolomaeus Amantius (1505 - 1576), author Philipp Schwarzerd called Melanchthon (1497-1560), author Johann Agricola (1496 - 1570), author Camerarius, Joachim, author Johannes Wilhelm von Loubemberg (fl.1533-1534), author Johannes Rosinus (d.1545), author Jakob Moltzer (1503-1558), author Julius von Pflug (1499-1564) Bishop of Naumburg, author Andreas Osiander (1498-1552), author Johannes Choler, author Hans Brosamer (1500-1554), artist Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg 1471 – Nuremberg 1528), artist