Virgilius collatione scriptorum Graecorum illustratus, opera et industria Fuluii Ursini.
Fulvio Orsini (1529-1600)
Category
Books
Date
1568
Materials
Place of origin
Antwerp
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3195208
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 473, [5] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 5215. 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)]. Binding: seventeenth-century gold-panelled sprinkled calf; gilt double fillet border; gilt double and single fillet panel with floral cornerpiece stamps; gold-tooled spine with repeated floral stamps; gilt title 'Virgilius Vrsini' stamped directly onto spine. Red and blue sponged mottled edges.
Makers and roles
Fulvio Orsini (1529-1600), author Homer (800 BC - 701 BC), author Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC), author