Historiae augustae tomus primus, in duas partes tributus: ad imperio C. Iulii Caesaris, ad Domitiani excessum, rerum per cxlij. annos variis mundi partibus gestarum seriem & circunstantias explicans. Ex Plutarcho, Dione, Tacito, Suetonio, collectus. Accesserunt breuiaria singulis libris praefixa. Perpetuae ad marginem notae morales ac politicae. Gnomologia historica. Orationum, & rerum insignium indices. Ad lectorem, de instituto & vsu historiae augustae, praefatio.
Simon Goulart (1543-1628)
Category
Books
Date
1592 - 1600
Materials
Place of origin
Geneva
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3202442
Summary
Bibliographic description
6 v. in 7 ; 8vo. Running number: 5695. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf in vol. 1: "M. 7. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription on vol. 1 title page: "Emanuel Langford" [possibly Emanuel Langford (b. 1657 or 1658), chaplain of Chelsea Hospital]. Manuscript number on front fly-leaves in all vols.: "29". Inked-over and obliterated ownership inscription in vols. 1-2 and 6. Manuscript price in pencil on front fly-leaf in vol 1, pt. 2: "£1.s0.d0". Manuscript inscription and price on second front fly-leaf in vol. 1, pt. 2: "E L 3-10-0". Binding: seventeenth-century full plain vellum over boards; sewn on four tawed leather supports; yapp fore-edges. Manuscript spine titles (faded). Red sprinkled edges. Vellum manuscript waste at front and rear in each vol.
Makers and roles
Simon Goulart (1543-1628), editor Ammianus Marcellinus (c.330 - c.400), author Nicephorus Gregoras (1295-1359), author