Cl. Claudiani, principum, heroumque poetae praegloriosissimi, quae exstant, . Caspar barthius ope septemdecim manuscriptorum exemplarium restituit: commentario multo locupletiore, grammatico, critico, philologo, historico, philosophico, politicoque, ita illustravit: vt auctor pretiosissimus omni aetati, scholasticae, academicae, aulicae, politicaeq[ue], esse debeat ex commendato commendatissimus.
Claudius Claudianus (c.370-404 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1650
Materials
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038726
Summary
Bibliographic description
[76],111,[1],1371,[33]p. . 4to.. Previous shelfmark: H.7.1. Identified in 1796 inventory: Q 184, price 3s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 646.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled calf binding; double gilt fillet border; blind roll on board edges; gilt fillet panels on spine. Red and brown mottled edges.
Makers and roles
Claudius Claudianus (c.370-404 AD) Kaspar von Barth (1587-1658)