Anthologia poetica Graeco-Latina, : synonymis poeticis eorumque auctoritatibus instructa: sed et variis sententiis adagiis, priscis formulis, passim respersa. / Opera & studio Petri Halloix, e Societate Iesu. Cum eiusdem Latina interpretatione et locorum difficiliorum expositione.
Pierre Halloix (1571-1656)
Category
Books
Date
1617
Materials
Place of origin
Douai
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3193151
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24], 1186, [14] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 4971. Imperfect: Jesuit device on title page has been cut out. Provenance: 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 inscription in Greek written vertically on front fly-leaf: "Philoponos idi kai Bion klēsē kaloun". Manuscript number on front fly-leaf: "131". Manuscript inscription at head of title page: "A. Rubenii" [possibly Albert Rubens (1614-1657)]. Binding: seventeenth-century reddish-brown calf; single gold fillet border; gold centrepiece stamp; stubs of two pairs of green linen ties; spine with blind fillet and gold floral stamp decoration. All edges gilt.
Makers and roles
Pierre Halloix (1571-1656), editor