M. Annæus Lucanus de bello civili, cum Hug: Grotii, Farnabii notis integris & variorum selectiss. Accurante Corn: Schrevelio.
Marcus Annaeus Lucan (39-65 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1669
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3183722
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 614, [146] p., plate : fold. map ; 8vo. Old ink marking & numbering on verso of titlepage and on rear pastedown. Provenance: eighteenth-century sepia crest bookplate with motto: Nil deperandum. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773) or perhaps Thomas Anson, created Viscount Anson & Baron Soberton, 1806 (1767-1818)]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; gilt tooled spine; five raised bands; gilt lettered spine: Lvcanvs. Spine damaged, revealing manuscript waste lining.
Makers and roles
Marcus Annaeus Lucan (39-65 AD) Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) Cornelis Schrevel (1608-1664) Thomas Farnaby (1575-1647)