Thesaurus historiae Helveticae continens lectissimos scriptores, qui per varias aetates reipublicae Helveticae rationem, instituta, mores, disciplinam, fata et res gestas sermone Latino explicarunt et illustrarunt: quorum pars antehac edita; nunc vero ob raritatem recusa, et ex ipsorum auctorum chirographis vel aucta, vel correcta; nonnulla nunc primum in lucem prodeunt. Cum indice copioso.
Johann Konrad Fuessli (1704-1775)
Category
Books
Date
1735
Materials
Place of origin
Zurich
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3059861
Summary
Bibliographic description
[22], 86, [2], 16, 28, [4], 30, [20], 35, [1], 32, 8, [4], 84, 132, 131-138, [4], 104, 60, 10, 76 p. ; fol. Wanting general half-title. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. either William Windham II (1717-1761) or William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf (rubbed); sewn on six supports; double gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine with bird and floral tools; brown leather title label on spine; red painted bookblock edges; comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Johann Konrad Fuessli (1704-1775), editor Johannes of Winterthur (fl.1348) Felix Hemmerlin (1388-1458) Johann Heinrich Schweitzer (fl.1607) Willibald Pirckheimer (1470-1530) Henricus Glareanus (1488-1563) Josias Simmler (1530-1576) Franz Guillimann (1568-1612) Jean Baptiste Plantin (1624-1700) Leonhard Pappus (1607-1677) Walter Schnorf