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Petronius Arbiter (1st century)
Category
Books
Date
1587
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3192592
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 174, [42], 132 p. ; 12mo. Running number: 4940. Provenance: manuscript number on front pastedown: "166". Manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript prices[?] on front fly-leaf crossed-out. Binding: eighteenth-century sheepskin; double gilt fillet border; recessed cords; double gilt fillet panel along length of spine, with gilt title lettered directly onto spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Petronius Arbiter (1st century) Pierre Pithou (1539-1596)