Iani Nicii Erythraei Epistolae ad diversos.
Janus Nicius Erythraeus (1577-1647)
Category
Books
Date
1645
Materials
Place of origin
Cologne
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3201898
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 382, [2] p. : port. ; 8vo. Running number: 5649. Shelved as a set and uniform with a number of other works by Erythraeus, all printed in Cologne by Jost Kalckhoven (though this is possibly a false imprint; actually printed in Amsterdam, possibly by Blaeu). 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 code symbol on front pastedown. Manuscript price in pencil on front fly-leaf: "9-0". Manuscript inscription on fly-leaf facing title page, giving the author's real name: "Jean Vittorio de Rossi". Binding: seventeenth-century full plain vellum over boards; yapp fore-edges; manuscript vol. number "6" on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Janus Nicius Erythraeus (1577-1647)