He Palaia Diatheke kata tous hebdomekonta di aythentias. Xystou E. Akrou Archiereos ekdotheisa. = Vetus Testamentum iuxta Septuaginta . ex auctoritate Sixti V. Pont. Max. editum.
Pope Sixtus V (Felice Peretti) (1520-1590)
Category
Books
Date
1586
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038896
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],783,[1]p. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: L.4.7. Date of imprint has been altered in manuscript to read "M.D.LXXXVII". Identified in 1796 inventory: F 209, price Đ3. 10s. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 627.. Provenance: Bookplate: Robert Myddelton Esqr of Chirk Castle Denbigh shr [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]; Jacobean armorial. Franks 21461.. Binding: Late seventeenth-century blue English goatskin binding; gilt dentelle border enclosing gilt centrepiece made up of small floral and foliate tools; gilt roll on board edges and turn-ins; gold-tooled spine (title panel partially missing). All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Pope Sixtus V (Felice Peretti) (1520-1590) Antonio Carafa (1538 - 1591)