Vlyssis Aldrouandi patricii Bononiensis Musaeum metallicum in libros IIII distributum Bartholomaeus Ambrosinus in patrio Bonon. Archigymnasio simpl. med. professor ordinarius, mus[a]ei illustrissmi. senatus Bonon. et horti publici pr[a]efectus labore, et studio composuit cum indice copiossimo Marcus Antonius Bernia proprijs impensis in lucem edidit.
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522 - 1605)
Category
Books
Date
1648
Materials
Place of origin
Bologna
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3202690
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 979, [13] p. : ill. (woodcut) ; fol. Running number: 5701. Wanting two leaves from quire [para.]: [para.]2 and [para.]4 (blank leaf). Shelved as vol. 12 and uniform as a set with vols. 1-11 of other works by Aldrovandi. Provenance: manuscript former Newbattle Abbey shelfmark, crossed-out, on front fly-leaf: "K 5 3". Manuscript former Newbattle Abbey shelfmark on second front fly-leaf: "C.5.13.". 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); sewn on six supports; gilt double fillet border; blind single fillet along board edges; seven panels on spine, five with gilt fillet panel with gilt stamp in the centre, one panel with gilt title 'Aldrovandi Hist. nat.' on brown calf label, and one panel with gilt vol. number 'Vol. XII.' on gold-tooled brown calf label. Red edges.
Makers and roles
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522 - 1605) Bartolommeo Ambrosini (1588 - 1657) Marco Antonio Bernier (fl.1638-1661) Giovanni Battista Coriolano (d. Bologna 1649)