Regum et imperatorum Romanorum numismata aurea, argentea, aerea, a Romulo et C. Jul. Caesare usque ad Justinianum Aug. Cura et impensis illustrissimi et excellentissimi herois, Caroli, ducis Croyiaci et Arschotani, ... olim congesta, aerique a Biaeo incisa: post insigni auctario locupletata, et Alberti Rubenii commentario illustrata, cum indicibus copiosissimis: nunc ob exemplarium defectum recusa, et in usum studiosae antiquitatum juventutis denuo publicata: subjectis Laurentii Begeri annotationibus.
Charles, duc de Croy (1560-1612)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
Berlin
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3209832
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20], 103, [19], 12 p., [1], 68 leaves of plates : ill., port. ; fol. Running number: 6016. Imperfect: wanting frontispiece portrait. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. Tab. 59. postponitur 60mae" [i.e. catalogue code and collation note, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript number on second front fly-leaf: "106". Manuscript price on second front fly-leaf: "16s". Manuscript equation on rear fly-leaf: "68 [/] 24 [/] 372 [/] 136 [=] 1732". Binding: late seventeenth or early eighteenth-century full blind-panelled calf (rubbed); sewn onto six raised bands; double blind fillet border; central panel formed by blind double and single fillets, with a blind roll along the inner edge and blind cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gilt title on brown leather label on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Charles, duc de Croy (1560-1612), author Albert Rubens (1614-1657) Lorenz Beger (1653-1705), author Jacques De Bie (1581-1650)