Itinerarium prouinciarum omniu[m] Antonini Augusti, cum Fragmento eiusdem, necnon indice haud qua[m]q[uam] asperna[n]do. Cum priuilegio, ne quis temere hoc ab hinc duos annos imprimat.
possibly Emperor Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome (86-161)
Category
Books
Date
1512
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3077560
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 92, [60] leaves ; 16mo. Running number: 7032. Title page, leaves pi2-A6 and S8-T8 damaged at foot, repaired with blank paper slips. Provenance: erased ownership inscription on title page. Manuscript inscription on repaired foot of title page: "Stephanus Baluzius Tutelensis" [i.e. Étienne Baluze (1630-1718), librarian to Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Baluze's personal library was sold in 1719]. Manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full mottled calf; sewn on two supports; four raised bands; double gilt fillet border; double gilt fillet on board edges; gold-tooled spine, gilt red leather title label; blue sprinkled bookblock edges; comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
possibly Emperor Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome (86-161) , author possibly Augustus Antoninus, author Geoffroy Tory (1480-1533), editor Henri Estienne (1460-1520), printer