Joannis Schefferi Argentoratensis, De militia nauali veterum libri quatuor. Ad historiam Graecam Latinamque vtiles.
Joannes Scheffer (1621-1679)
Category
Books
Date
1654
Materials
Place of origin
Uppsala
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3210884
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 52, [2], 53-168, [2], 169-348 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 6101. Provenance: manuscript price[?] code on second front fly-leaf: "2-4-". Manuscript inscription at head of title page: "S[u]um Wilelmi Goes" [i.e. Willem Goes (1611-1686), councillor in Leiden, jurist and philologist, son-in-law of Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655)]. Manuscript inscription at head of rear fly-leaf: "1724 April 18 pretij[?] 1[?] gemee[?]". Binding: seventeenth-century full plain vellum over pasteboards; fore-edges folded-over; manuscript title in small lettering on spine; evidence of gilt title label (missing) on spine. Blue sprinkled bookblock edges.
Makers and roles
Joannes Scheffer (1621-1679), author Jacob van Meurs (1619-1680), engraver (printmaker) Joannes Scheffer (1621-1679), illustrator