Heronis Alexandrini Spiritalium liber. A Federico Commandino Vrbinate, ex Graeco nuper in Latinum conuersus.
Hero of Alexandria (AD.10–70)
Category
Books
Date
1583
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3188065
Summary
Bibliographic description
163, [1] p. : ill. (woodcut) ; 4to. Running number: 4255. Title page ruled in red. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: "A tous accords" [this is the motto of, and is in the handwriting of, Estienne Tabourot des Accords (1549-1590) of Dijon, poet and writer]. Armorial binding of Louis-Henri de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1635-1698). Count Loménie de Brienne's library was sold by his son Henri-Louis in London in 1724, where Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) undoubtedly purchased it. Manuscript price[?] in pencil on front fly-leaf: "0 70-0" (altered from a previous number ending in "-6"). Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; sewn onto five supports; double and single gilt fillet border with small roundel cornerpiece stamps; gilt armorial centrepiece stamp (with mermaid crest): arms of Louis-Henri de Lomenie, comte de Brienne (1635-1698); single gilt fillet along board edges; gilt floral roll pattern on turn-ins; gold-tooled spine with stamp, fillet and roll decoration in the panels, and gilt title 'Heron Spirit' on red goatskin label; all edges gilt over marbling; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Hero of Alexandria (AD.10–70), author Federico Commandino (1509-1575)., translator Valerio Spacciuol, editor Gilles Gourbin (d. 1590), printer