Strabonis Rerum geographicarum libri XVII.
Strabo (64/63 BC–c. 24 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1587
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3162365
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ([8], 602, [2] p., [1] double leaf of plates; [8], 223, [1] p.) :. ill. (map) ;. fol. 2 vols. bound as 1. Imperfect: lacks title page and prelims of vol. 1 (but with folding map), with title page of vol. 2 inserted at front of volume. Pencil notes on flyleaf. Provenance: Gardner Wilkinson Library. Old press-mark on pastedown: E.e.2. Inscription on flyleaf: 'J.G. Wilkinson / Rome - June 1821'. Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century calf, triple blind fillet border. Red leather spine label with title: 'Strabonis Geographia'.
Makers and roles
Strabo (64/63 BC–c. 24 AD) Isaac Casaubon (1559 - 1614) Wilhelm Xylander (1532 - 1576) Eustache Vignon (fl.1571-1589) Strabo (64/63 BC–c. 24 AD)