Delitiae poetarum Germanorum huius superiorisque aevi illustrium. Pars prima [-VI]. Collectore A. F. G. G.
Jan Gruter (Gruytere) (1560-1627)
Category
Books
Date
1612
Materials
Place of origin
Frankfurt am Main
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3098778
Summary
Bibliographic description
6 v. ; 16mo. Imperfect: wanting pars. I and II. Provenance: from the library of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). Pencil note on pars. III front fly-leaf: "WW. 1785. Fuit hic e lib. Cl. Sam. Johnson nuper defuncti" [WW = William Windham III (1750-1810), close friend of Johnson and who bought a number of Johnson's books at the sale of his library in 1785]; variation of this inscription in all other vols. Manuscript capital letter "S" at head of front fly-leaf in each vol. Manuscript inventory[?] number "N.137[-140]." and black hexagonal ink-stamp with coat of arms on verso of front fly-leaf in each vol. Old Felbrigg shelfmarks in pencil: Y2 (crossed-out), X2. Binding: seventeenth-century parchment; sewn on two supports; intersecting double blind fillet border; fore-edges extended and folded-over; gold-tooled spines with floral stamp decoration (faded); red sheepskin[?] spine labels (surface worn away exposing white underneath), gold-lettered; lozenge-shaped paper label at head of spines with manuscript shelfmarks (faded). In book boxes.
Makers and roles
Jan Gruter (Gruytere) (1560-1627), editor