Iulii Caesaris Scaligeri viri clarissimi, . De causis linguae Latinae libri tredecim.
Giulio Cesare Scaligero (1484-1558)
Category
Books
Date
1609
Materials
Measurements
181 x 117 x 38 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3089734
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: hand made laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English [Oxford?] End Leaves: sewn outside folded hook of plain white laid paper, the stub and outer leaf pasted to the board Structure: English Edges: plain cut, sprinkled(?) with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, slight joints, no evidence of linings End Bands: worked L-R over single cores (too covered in dirt to decipher further) Bookmark: None Boards: 2.5mm paper pulp boards, back-cornered, slips 1 & 4 of 4 only laced in, perpendicularly Covering: cark brown tanned calf Tooling Spine: blind-tooled 2-fillet at head and tail of each panel Tooling Sides: blind-tooled 2-fillet border; blind-blocked centrepiece; no hatching on spine ends of head and tail edges. Furniture: 2 pairs of green textile ties on the foredge Enclosure: None Binding Notes: t/p: Pescall [Pexall?] |Forster
Bibliographic description
[32],128,125-451p. . 12mo.. Previous owner's inscription excised from front flyleaf.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: Pexatt Forster.. Binding: Seventeenth-century full calf; holes in upper and lower boards suggest ties; blind centrepiece stamp to upper and lower covers; sewn onto four alum-tawed supports.
Makers and roles
Giulio Cesare Scaligero (1484-1558)