Roberti Stephani Dictionarium nominum propriorum virorum, mulierum, populorum, idolorum, vrbium, fluuiorum, montium, caeterorum[que] locorum, quae passim apud melioris notae auctores leguntur : Liber longè auctior, quàm is qui elucidarius poëticus vulgò inscribitur, ad intelligendos poëtas, oratores, ac historiographos non solùm vtilis, verùm etiam necessarius, & à multis quibus antea scatebat vitijs repurgatus
Robert Estienne (1503-1559)
Category
Books
Date
1576
Materials
Place of origin
Cologne
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3148485
Summary
Bibliographic description
[880] p. ; 8vo. Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscriptions "Eliz: H--d 1740" on leaf 3I7v and "Eliza: Hudd [name scrubbed out] 1740" on leaf 3I8v. Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscription "Davenport Talbot", i.e. William Davenport Talbot, 1764-1800, on recto of first free end-paper. Seventeenth? century manuscript inscription "115", possibly a previous shelf-mark, on verso of first free end-paper, facing title page. Binding: sixteenth? century Oxford blind tooled calf; blind stamped centrepiece with blind tooled monogrammed initials "SG"; blind tooled fillet with diagonal hatching towards spine on edges of boards; decorative blind tooling on spine.
Makers and roles
Robert Estienne (1503-1559), author