Opera omnia
André Tiraqueau (1488-1558)
Category
Books
Date
1574
Materials
Place of origin
Frankfurt am Main
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3174293
Summary
Bibliographic description
7 v. in 4 : coat of arms, ports. ; fol. Running number: 4512. Vols. 4-7 bound in 1 v. Vol. 7 is of the issue with the phrase "ex ultima recognitione" on title page. Vol. 5 wanting blank leaf M8; vol. 6 wanting blank leaves ***4, f4 and g4. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 7. Tom. in 4 vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century mottled calf over wooden boards; bevelled inside edges; gilt roll pattern on board edges; sewn onto five raised bands; gold-tooled spines, with gilt stamp and roll pattern decoration, gilt title on brown goatskin label, and gilt vol. no. lettered directly onto spines. Blue stained edges. Manuscript title on fore-edge: "Tiraq ...".
Makers and roles
André Tiraqueau (1488-1558)