Stephani Vinandi Pighii V.R. et CL. Annales Romanorum; qui commentarii vicem supplent in omnes veteres historiae Romanae scriptores; tribus tomis distincti: e quibus duo posteriores postumi, nunc primùm in lucem exeunt, recensiti, aucti, & illustrati operâ & studio Andreae Schotti Antuerp. è Societate Iesu. Cum Fastis Capitolinis à Pighio suppletis, Fastis Siculis à Schotto emendatis, & indicibus in tres Annalium tomos, summâ industriâ concinnatis.
Stephanus Vinandus Pighius (1520-1604)
Category
Books
Date
1615
Materials
Place of origin
Antwerp
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3144962
Summary
Bibliographic description
Running number: 6019. Vols. 1-2 bound together. Vol. 1 wanting blank leaves *8 and Rr6. Provenance: acquired by Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) at the Uilenbroek sale, Amsterdam, in 1729 (lot 747) for "34.10." (presumably Dutch gulden and stuivers). Binding: seventeenth-century full blind-panelled vellum; sewn onto six raised bands; double blind fillet framework, the panels mitred at the corners with single fillets, the inner panel with small cornerpiece stamps; large arabesque and strapwork centrepiece stamp; two pairs of tawed leather ties on each volume; hinges cracked on both volumes, spine cracked on first volume with some small pieces missing. Blue and red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Stephanus Vinandus Pighius (1520-1604) Andreas Schottus (1552-1629)