M. V. Martialis Epigrammaton libri XIIII.
Martial (c.40-c.104)
Category
Books
Date
1528
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3192685
Summary
Bibliographic description
204 leaves ; 8vo. Running number: 4944. Provenance: manuscript inscription at head of title page: "Boutard" [possibly François Boutard (1664-1729), Latin poet], with elaborate line squiggle in the same hand. Ink-stamp on title page: small oval, containing armorial shield with chevron between three unidentified symbols. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt title lettered directly onto spine. Red and brown sprinkled edges. Comb-marbled pastedowns.
Makers and roles
Martial (c.40-c.104) Pliny the Younger (62-c.112 AD)