Plutarchi Chæronensis omnium quæ exstant operum . tomus primus [secundvs]...
Plutarch (c.46 - c.120)
Category
Books
Date
1624
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3040368.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2., plates . fol.. Previous shelfmark: E.12.2. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 15, price Đ2. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 637.. 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. Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Ph: Fowke M.D. 1668". Binding: Seventeenth-century Cambridge-style blind panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with red gilt title label. Initials M stamped in gilt on spine. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Plutarch (c.46 - c.120) Joannes Rualdus Wilhelm Xylander (1532 - 1576) Herman Croeser (1510-1574) Philippe-Jacques de Maussac (1590-1650)