Illustris viri Iac. Augvsti Thuani... historiarum sui temporis ab Anno Domini MDXLIII. usque ad annum MDCVII. . Libris cxxxviii. descriptarum continuatio, sive tomus quartus; ab anno MDCVIII. vsque ad annum MDCXVIII. ...
Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617)
Category
Books
Date
1628
Materials
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3042139
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],880,[20]p . fol.. Previous shelfmark: K.12.1. Shelved and uniform with vols. 1-5 (in 4 vols.) of Thou's "Historiarum sui temporis" (Orleans and Geneva, 1620-1621). Identified in 1796 inventory (as part of 5 vol. set): F 168, price Đ1 10s. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 657.. Provenance: Bookplate: Robert Myddelton Esqr of Chirk Castle Denbigh shr [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]; Jacobean armorial. Franks 21461. manuscript inscription on title page: "Liber Gulielmi Sutton Apr: 30. 1635".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border; single gilt fillet on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label.
Makers and roles
Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617)