Iulii Caesaris Scaligeri a Burden, viri clarissimi, Poetices libri septem. I Historicus II Hyle, III Idea, IV Parasceue, V Criticus, VI Hypercriticus, VII Epinomis. Ad Syluium filium.
Giulio Cesare Scaligero (1484-1558)
Category
Books
Date
1617
Materials
Place of origin
Heidelberg
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3199078
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24], 871, [49] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 5446. 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 on front fly-leaf: "For Mr. Hill". Manuscript price[?] in pencil on front fly-leaf: "2s". Manuscript booksellers' code on inside front board. Manuscript codes (one blotted out) on title page. Binding: seventeenth-century full calf; triple border of blind fillets and roll pattern; single gilt fillet on board edges; recessed cords; blind-tooled spine with repeat of the border triple pattern. Stained edges.
Makers and roles
Giulio Cesare Scaligero (1484-1558), author