The exiles of the court of Augustus Caesar. Being the history of the various amours of the celebrated Ovid, Horace, Virgil, Lentulus, Cornelius Gallus, Hortensius, and many other famous poets and heroes of that age. Translated from the French of Madamoiselle [sic] Villedieu.
Marie-Catherine-Hortense Desjardins, Madame de Villedieu (1632-1683)
Category
Books
Date
1726
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3222228
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 235, [1] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7426. Water staining throughout; some mould staining on endpapers. 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: "β'" [i.e. beta' = Greek number 2]. Manuscript former shelfmarks and codes on front fly-leaf: "10F23.", "3" and "N9". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on five raised bands; gilt double fillet border; blind roll pattern along board edges; gilt fillet decoration on spine; gilt title on brown leather label on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Marie-Catherine-Hortense Desjardins, Madame de Villedieu (1632-1683), author