Francisci Robortelli Vtinensis, De uita, et uictu populi Romani sub impp. Caess. Augg. Tomus primus, qui continet libros XV. Ad illustr. et reverendiss. Io. Baptistam campegium, maioricensium episcopum. Eiusdem disputationes nouem. De prouinciarum administratione, & distributione apud Romanos. De iudiciis Romanorum. De legionibus Romanorum. De magistratibus imperatorum Rom. De familiis Romanorum. De cognominibus imperatorum Romanorum, & appellationibus. De commodis, & praemiis, ac donis militaribus. De poenis, & ignominiis militum Rom. De gradibus honorum. Ad lectorem. Propediem edetur commentarius, in quo explicantur omnia, quae hoc uolumine continentur, & numeri numeris, qui in his libris notati sunt, respondent. Reliqui tomi, qui tres sunt, excudentur deinceps cu[m] suis commentariis.
Francesco Robortello (1516-1567)
Category
Books
Date
1559
Materials
Place of origin
Bologna
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3173163
Summary
Bibliographic description
16, 153, [1] leaves : geneal. table ; fol. Running number: 4465. Leaves 142 and 143 bound in reverse order. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf recto: "M. fol. 142 & 143 perturbantur" [i.e. catalogue code and collation note, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf verso in hand of John Mitchell: "There never was any more published of this book, but this tomus primus". Binding: seventeenth-century calf (rubbed); gilt decorative oval centrepiece stamp; gilt flower stamps on spine, and gilt title lettered directly onto spine.
Makers and roles
Francesco Robortello (1516-1567), author