Bibliotheca vniuersalis, siue Catalogus omnium scriptorum locupletissimus, in tribus linguis, Latina, Graeca, & Hebraica: extantium & non extantiu[m], ueterum & recentiorum in hunc usq[ue] diem, doctorum & indoctorum, publicatorum & in bibliothecis latentium. Opus nouum, & no[n] bibliothecis tantum publicis priuatisue [sic] instituendis necessarium, sed studiosis omnibus cuiuscunq[ue] artis aut scientiae ad studia melius formanda utilissimum: authore Conrado Gesnero Tigurino doctore medico.
Conrad Gessner (1516-1565)
Category
Books
Date
1545
Materials
Place of origin
Zurich
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3225220
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18], 631 leaves : coat of arms ; fol. Running number: 7730. Extensive water- and mould-staining at foot of leaves throughout. The entire book has been treated with anti-fungal thymol at some point. Slight worm damage at front, more extensive worm damage at rear. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf (rear board water-stained); sewn on six raised bands; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, with star-shaped stamps within fillet panels; gilt title 'Gesnero Bibliotheca universalis' on brown leather label on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges. Wide comb pattern marbled endpapers. Pencil note on front free endpaper: "Repaired at Cambridge 1956".
Makers and roles
Conrad Gessner (1516-1565), author Christoph Froschauer (c.1490-1564), printer