Septuaginta interpretum tomus I. . Continens Octateuchum; quem ex antiquissimo MS. codice Alexandrino accuratè descriptum, ... summa cura edidit Joannes Ernestus Grabe S.T.P.
Dr. Joannes Ernestus Grabe (1666-1711)
Category
Books
Date
1707 - 1720
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038995.4
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.4. . ill.., port.. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: L.7.5. Imperfect: wanting list of subscribers. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 207, price Đ1 5s. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 633.. Provenance: Bookplate: John Myddelton Esqr. of Chirk Castle Denbighshire [i.e. John Myddelton (1685-1747)] (the plate of Robert Myddelton of Chirk Castle with inscription altered); Jacobean armorial, after 1733. Franks 21457. These have been pasted over an earlier plate, probably that of John's brother, Robert (1678-1733).. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; gilt fillet and roll pattern border on board; gilt centrepiece on each board, made up of floral and foliate tools. Gilt roll on board edges; blind roll on turn-in; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label.
Makers and roles
Dr. Joannes Ernestus Grabe (1666-1711) Francis Lee (1661-1719) William Wigan (d.1700)