Catullus, et in eum commentarius M. Antonii Mureti. ab eodem correcti, & scholiis illustrati, Tibullus, et Propertius.
Gaius Valerius Catullus (c.84-c.54BC)
Category
Books
Date
1558
Materials
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3055145.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
147, [1] leaves ; 8vo. Running number: 672. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on verso of front fly-leaf: "2. vol. 1st. vol.", written in the hand of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742). Very faint manuscript price in pencil on title page: "1-1-0". Binding: eighteenth-century red goatskin; sewn on five raised bands; single gilt fillet border; single gilt fillet along board edges; gilt roll pattern along turn-ins; gold-tooled spine with floral tooling; brown leather title label (partially missing) in gilt on spine; all edges gilt; comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Gaius Valerius Catullus (c.84-c.54BC), author Marc-Antoine Muret (1526-1585), commentator Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574), printer