Paulli Merulae I:C: dum viveret in Acad: Ludg: Batav: historiar: professoris ... Antiquitates Romanorum, de sacrificiis, sacerdotibus, legibus, comitiis, & praemiis quae militiam sequebantur. Juxta autographum cum amplissimo indice editae, recensitae, & ornatae multis figuris.
Paulus Merula (1558-1607)
Category
Books
Date
1686
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3210575
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 pts. in 1 v. ([16], 144, [4]; [2], 55, [5]; [2], 288, [4]; [2], 49, [5] p., [9] leaves of plates (some folded)) : ill., port. ; 4to. Running number: 6076. With [8] leaves of plates (4 folded). 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 inscription on front fly-leaf: "E libris Henry Rapier". Manuscript price on front fly-leaf: "price 3s:". Manuscript code on rear pastedown: "R. nt/t:-". Binding: seventeenth-century full plain vellum over pasteboards; manuscript title on spine: "Merulae Ant: Rom:". Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Paulus Merula (1558-1607), author Abraham de Blois (fl.1679-1720), engraver (printmaker) Jacob Matham (1571-1631) , engraver (printmaker)