Valere le Grand. : Contenant les exemples des faicts & dicts memorables, ta[n]t des vertueux que des vitieux perso[n]nages ancie[n]s, redigez en dix liures. A l'exemple desquels les hommes, par la louange des vertus, ou par le reproche des vices seront enflammez à suiure les vns, & auoir en horreur les autres. / Traduit en Fra[n]çois, par M. I. le Blond.
Valerius Maximus (fl.14-37 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1581
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3130835
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 448, [16] leaves ; 16mo. Running number: 4917. Provenance: manuscript inscription on recto of first front fly-leaf: "AGirard [sic]". Manuscript inscription on recto of second front fly-leaf: "Albert girard 1626 ex dono petri pontib." [possibly Albert Girard (1595-1632), mathematician and engineer in the army of Frederick of Nassau, Prince of Orange]. Manuscript date at head of verso of second front fly-leaf: "1613". Manuscript number on front and rear pastedowns: "3". Binding: sixteenth-century blind-tooled calf over bevelled wood boards, sewn on three double sewing supports; triple fillet framework, with outer frame containing heads in medallions roll pattern; remains of catches and clasps, with upper catch (short leather strip backed with vellum, inserted underneath the leather binding and secured with a brass rivet) on lower board surviving. Blind fillets on spine. Blue stained edges. Manuscript number on bottom edge of text block: "(92" [sic].
Makers and roles
Valerius Maximus (fl.14-37 AD) Jean Le Blond