De viris illustribus vrbis Romae liber falsò hactenus Corn. Nepoti, vel C. Plinio Caecilio inscriptus: nunc rece[n]s ex Vett. & manuscr. codicum comparatione factus auctior, & emendatior ab Andrea Schotto Antuerpiano. Eiusdem notae quibus partim emendationum ratio explicatur; partim obscura & antiquitates illustrantur: vt vice commentarii esse possint.
Andreas Schottus (1552-1629)
Category
Books
Date
1577
Materials
Place of origin
Douai
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3196714
Summary
Bibliographic description
[112] p. ; 4to. Running number: 5294. Damp staining and discolouration throughout. Provenance: manuscript numbers and inscription on front pastedown: "951", "294" [in pencil], and "S. Oriog.[?]". Manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Author's presentation inscription at foot of title page: "Doctiss. viro Aluaro Nonnio medico insigni amicitiae ineundae lib. mer. d.d. And Schottus" [i.e. given to one Alvaro Nuñez, possibly a doctor in the Spanish army in the Netherlands, settled in Antwerp ca. 1574 -- cf. CERL Thesaurus, by the author Andreas Schottus (1552-1629)]. Binding: seventeenth or eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gold-tooled spine. Red and blue sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Andreas Schottus (1552-1629), editor Pliny the Younger (62-c.112 AD) Cornelius Nepos (99-24 BC) Suetonius (c.69-c.122) Sextus Aurelius Victor (c.320 - c.390)