Martialis.
Martial (c.40-c.104)
Category
Books
Date
1501
Materials
Place of origin
Vencie
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3086804
Summary
Bibliographic description
[192] leaves ; 8vo. Running number: 7048. Ruled in red throughout. Provenance: eighteenth-century manuscript inscription in black ink on front fly-leaf verso (facing title page): "C. 1710/1 2M3 J Bridges" [i.e. purchase code, date and autograph of John Bridges (1666-1724), antiquarian and lawyer; Bridges' library was sold in London, 7 Feb. 1725/26]. Lot 2407 in Bridges sale catalogue 'Bibliothecae Bridgesianae catalogus' (London, 1725 [i.e. 1726]). Library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire; Ellys bought a number of books at the Bridges library sale in 1726. Manuscript capital letter written in ink at head of first front fly-leaf: "S" (found in a number of Blickling's books but unknown as to what it means). Binding: eighteenth-century gold-tooled full red goatskin; sewn on five supports; double gilt fillet border, double and single gilt fillet panel with gilt cornerpieces; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine with acorn and floral tools; red leather title label 'MAR-TIALIS ALDI' in gilt on spine; gilt edges; nonpareil pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Martial (c.40-c.104), author Aldo Manuzio (1449/50-1515), printer