Vlyssis Aldrouandi philosophi, et medici Bononsensis. De piscibus libri V. et De cetis lib. vnus. Ioannes Cornelius Vteruerius ... collegit. Marc. Antonius Bernia in lucem restituit. ... Cum indice copiosissimo.
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522 - 1605)
Category
Books
Date
1638
Materials
Place of origin
Bologna
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3202538
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 732, [28] p. : ill. (woodcut) ; fol. Running number: 5701. Shelved as vol. 5 and uniform as a set with vols. 1-4 and 6-12 of other works by Aldrovandi. Provenance: manuscript former Newbattle Abbey shelfmark, crossed-out, on front pastedown: "K 5 2". Manuscript former Newbattle Abbey shelfmark on front fly-leaf: "C.5.6.". This set of 12 volumes was moved to Blickling Hall in 1832 from the great library at Newbattle Abbey, the principal Scottish seat of the Marquesses of Lothian. Early armorial bookplate (Franks 17069 or *558) on verso of front fly-leaf facing title page: 'The Most Honble. William Marquiss of Lothian' [i.e. William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian (1661-1722)]. Binding: seventeenth-century full calf (rubbed, very worn); sewn on six supports; gilt double fillet border, with dashed roll pattern between the fillets in the corners; seven panels on spine, five with gilt fillet panel with gilt stamp in the centre, one panel with gilt title 'Aldrovand Hist. nat.' on brown calf label, and one panel with gilt vol. number 'Vol. V.' on gold-tooled brown calf label. Spine repaired at head and foot in calf. Red edges.
Makers and roles
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522 - 1605), author Joannes Cornelius Uterverius , editor Marco Antonio Bernier (fl.1638-1661), engraver and publisher