Thabridgment of the histories of Trogus Pompeius, collected and wrytten in the Laten tonge, by the famous historiographer Iustine, . and translated into English by Arthur Goldyng: a worke conteynyng brieflie great plentie of moste delectable hystories, and notable examples, worthie not onelie to be read but also to be embraced and followed of all menne.
Marcus Junianus Justinus (fl.c.390)
Category
Books
Date
1564
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3143235
Summary
Bibliographic description
[21], 57,56-111, leaf 103, leaf 110, 112-136, leaf 127, leaf 125, leaf 147, leaf 147, leaf 125, 144-147, 160-162, leaf 173, leaf 147, leaf 152, 167-182 leaves . 4to.. Imperfect. Lacks: title page; leaf *3, and another from that gathering; everything after sig. X8. This copy has the second setting of both sigs. A and B, with 'it' and 'use' respectively. Cannot see whether P8 is in cancelled or uncancelled state. Old shelf-mark: A.13.4.. Provenance: In ink on leaf *2 'Phillip Gamon his Booke '. (i.e. a son of Hannibal Gamon (1582?-1651), Rector of St. Mawgan in Pydar.) In ink in margain of fol.90 (N1) in sixteenth-century secretary hand 'Tristram Wideslade of Utopia'.. Binding: Sewn on three cord supports. ?Sixteenth-century ?pigskin. Unconventionally tooled filets. Edges sprinkled red. Sub-professional, perhaps Cornish, work.
Makers and roles
Marcus Junianus Justinus (fl.c.390) Arthur Golding (1536-1606)