Galliae antiquitates quaedam selectae atque in plures epistolas distributae. Ad Parisinum exemplar iterum editae. Accedunt epistolae duae altera Sorbonicorum Doctorum ad auctorem hujus operis altera March. Joannis Polenii de Olympico Theatro.
Marchese Scipioni Maffei (1675-1755)
Category
Books
Date
1734
Materials
Place of origin
Verona
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3211165
Summary
Bibliographic description
[9], VI-XII, [2], 156, 159-208, [4] p., 2 folded leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 4to. Running number: 6111. 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)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "ζ'½" [i.e. zeta ½ = Greek number 7½]. Manuscript inscription on fly-leaf facing title page: "Scipio Maffei" [i.e. author note and catalogue entry for anonymous works, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full mottled calf; sewn onto six sewing supports; gilt roll pattern along board edges; stained stripe decoration on turn-ins; gold-tooled spine, with arabesque and floral stamps; gilt title on brown leather label on spine. Marbled edges on textblock.
Makers and roles
Marchese Scipioni Maffei (1675-1755) , author Giovanni Poleni (1683-1761), author Giuseppe Filosi, engraver (printmaker)