Cornelii Nepotis Excellentium imperatorum vitae.
Cornelius Nepos (99-24 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1715
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3060383
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 114, [6] p. : ill. ; 12mo. Running number: 4972. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript bibliographical reference and a number of crossings-out on front fly-leaf. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; double gilt fillet and roll pattern border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine with fillets, roll pattern, floral stamps, and gilt title on brown goatskin label. All edges gilt. Comb-marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Cornelius Nepos (99-24 BC) Michael Maittaire (1667-1747), editor Louis Du Guernier the Younger (d. London 1716) , artist Louis Du Guernier the Younger (d. London 1716) , engraver (inciser)