The Romane historie written by T. Livius of Padua. . Also, The Breviaries of L. Florus: vvith a chronology to the vvhole historie; and the topography of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physick. To which is now added, A supplement of the second decad of Livy (which was lost.) Lately written in Latine by I. Freinshemius, and now newly translated into English.
Livy (Titus Livius) (59 BC - 17 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1659
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038204
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],298,297-1122,[44],95 [i.e.98],[2]p. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: J.11.1. Imperfect: wanting pp. [3]-[10] of preliminaries. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 38, price 3s. 6d. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 654.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript shelfmark on inside front board: "O.11. For: history".. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf binding; triple blind fillet border; blind roll on board edges; blind fillets on spine, with manuscript spine title: "Livy's Hist:".
Makers and roles
Livy (Titus Livius) (59 BC - 17 AD) Lucius Annaeus Florus (c.74-c.130 AD) Johann Freinsheim (1608-1660) Philemon Holland (1552-1637) Giovanni Bartolomeo Marliani (d.1560)