Ioannis Macarij canonici Ariensis Abraxas, seu Apistopistus; quae est antiquaria de gemmis Basilidianis disquisitio. Accedit Abraxas proteus, seu Multiformis gemmae Basilidianae portentosa varietas; exhibita, & commentario illustrata à Ioanne Chifletio, canonico Tornacensi, Philippo IV. Regi Catholico, & Serenissimo Principi Ioanni Austriaco à Sacris Oratorij.
L'Heureux, Jean
Category
Books
Date
1657
Materials
Place of origin
Antwerp
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3214175
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 143, [13]; 39, [1] p., XXVIII p. of plates : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 6218. Imperfect: wanting pt. 2 "Ioannis Chifletij, canonici Tornacensis Socrates, sive De gemmis eius imagine coelatis iudicium". Possibly as issued. Provenance: armorial binding of Louis-Henri de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1635-1698). Count Loménie de Brienne's library was sold in London in 1724, where Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) undoubtedly purchased it. Manuscript inscription (auction code or inventory?) in pencil on verso of front free endpaper: "No. 978. Menars. 4G. 15.". Manuscript inventory number in red crayon or pencil on recto of rear free endpaper: "A315". Binding: seventeenth-century full calf; sewn onto five sewing supports; double and single gilt fillet border, with small roundel cornerpiece stamps; gilt armorial centrepiece stamp (with mermaid crest): arms of Louis-Henri de Lomenie, comte de Brienne (1635-1698); single gilt fillet along board edges; gilt floral roll pattern on turn-ins; gold-tooled spine, with stamp, fillet and roll decoration, gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine. Red bookblock edges. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
L'Heureux, Jean John, of Austria (1629-1679) King Philip IV, King of Spain (1605-1665) Chifflet, Jean