Hug. Grotii Bataui Syntagma Arateorum: opus poeticae et astronomiae studiosis vtilissimum: quo quae contineantur versa pagella indicabit.
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645)
Category
Books
Date
1600
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3188606
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 42, [2]; 36; 94, [2]; 24; 128 [i.e. 129] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 4to. Running number: 4311. Provenance: old shelfmark label: 'Z' [printed in red] "30" [in manuscript]. Manuscript codes on front pastedown: "... [obscured by shelfmark label] c et vij ... [rubbed out] ... s -" and "T [over] 7". Binding: seventeenth-century calf (rubbed); double gilt fillet border; gilt fillet panels on spine, with gilt title stamped directly onto spine.
Makers and roles
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) Christoffel Raphelengius (1566-1600) Germanicus Caesar (15 B.C.-19 A.D.) Aratus (c.315/310 – 240 BC) Jacques de Gheyn II (Antwerp 1565 - London 1629) Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Rufius Festus Avienus (4th century AD) Plantijnische Drukkerij [publisher, printer]