Henrici Valesii militis, domini d'Orcé, consiliarii et historiographi regii, Emendationum libri quinque et De critica libri duo. Numquam antehac typis vulgati. Ejusdem ut et Nic. Rigaltii et Ism. Bullialdi Dissertationes de populis fundis. Accedunt Henr. Valesii Orationes variae junctim excusae. & Hadr. Valesii Oratio de laudibus Ludovici XIV. & Carmina nonnulla inedita. Praefixa est Henr. Valesii vita, ab auctore Hadr. Valesio recognita & emendata. Edente Petro Burmanno Fr. fil. Fr. nep. qui praefationem, notas, & indices adjecit.
Henri de Valois, seigneur d'Orcé (1603-1676)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3214616
Summary
Bibliographic description
[50], 234, 99, [13] p. : port. ; 4to. Running number: 6246. 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)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, with stamp, roll and fillet decoration; brown goatskin label with gilt title on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Henri de Valois, seigneur d'Orcé (1603-1676), author Pieter Burman the elder (1668-1741) Ismael Boulliau (1605-1694) Nicolas Rigault (1577-1654) Adrien de Valois (1607-1692) Adolf van der Laan (1717-1740)