Monumenta typographica, quae artis hujus praestantissimae originem, laudem et abusum posteris produnt, instaurata studio et labore Jo. Christiani Wolfii, ... Pars prima[-secunda].
Johann Christian Wolf (1689 - 1770)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
Hamburg
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3103363
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; 8vo. Former shelfmark: 44.d.9-10. Running number: 7779. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 2. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "ι'." [i.e. iota' = Greek number 10]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three sewing supports; five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines, with gilt title on brown leather label and gilt vol. number on stained panel; red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Johann Christian Wolf (1689 - 1770), author