Deorum dearumque capita ex vetustis numismatibus in gratiam antiquitatis studiosorum effigiata et edita. Ex mus[a]eo Abrahami Ortelii. Noua editio, aliquot iconibus aucta.
Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598)
Category
Books
Date
1582
Materials
Place of origin
Antwerp
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3210580
Summary
Bibliographic description
[128] p. : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 6078. Quires [B-P] have signature marks addded in manuscript on the first leaf in each gathering. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on recto of front fly-leaf: "M. 59 capita" [i.e. catalogue code and note on the number of plates, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; "S[?] Brande -"; equation in pencil "3-3 [+] 2-1-8 [=] 5:4:8"; and "Andreas Schon..." [rest of surname illegible], crossed-through. Manuscript presentation inscription on verso of front fly-leaf, crossed-through and in part blotted out, still partly legible: "... amicitiae ... dono dedit ... Anno 1655 ...". Manuscript price[?] on rear pastedown: "1-10". Binding: seventeenth-century plain limp vellum; holes for two pairs of ties in fore-edge (one pair of stubs remain); manuscript spine title.
Makers and roles
Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598), collector Philip Galle (Haarlem 1537 - Antwerp 1612), publisher Philip Galle (Haarlem 1537 - Antwerp 1612), engraver (printmaker)