Joh. Jacobi Hofmanni SS. Th. Doct. Profess. Histor. & Graec. Ling. in Academ. Basil. Lexicon universale, historiam sacram et profanam omnis aevi, omniumque gentium; chronologiam ad haec usque tempora; geographiam et veteris et novi orbis; principum per omnes terras familiarum ab omni memoria repetitam genealogiam; tum mythologiam, ritus, caerimonias omnemque veterum antiquitatem, ex philologiae fontibus haustam; virorum, ingenio atque erudtione celebrium enarrationem copiosissimam; praeterea animalium, plantarum, metallorum, lapidum, gemmarum, nomina, naturas, vires, explanans. Editio absolutissima, praeter supplementa, & additiones, antea seorsum editas, nunc suis locis ac ordini insertas, uberrimis accessionibus, ipsius auctoris manu novissime lucubratis, teria parte, quam antehac, auctior, locupletior: indicibus atque catalogis regum, principum, popularum, temporum, virorum et feminarum illustrium, animalium, plantarum; tum praecipue nominum, quibus regiones, urbes, montes, flumina, &c. in omnibus terris, vernacula & vigenti hodie ubique lingua appellantur; caetararum denique rerum memorabilium, accuratissimis instructa.
Johann Jakob Hofmann (1635-1706)
Category
Books
Date
1698
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3225318
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v. ; fol. Running number: 7734. Vol. 1 imperfect: wanting half-title. Vols. 1 and 3 with worm damage at front. Vols. 1 and 2 with mould staining at front and rear. Binding: late seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf (vol. 1 front board detached, rear board almost detached; vol. 2 both boards detached); sewn on six raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines; gilt title and vol. number lettered on spines; red and brown sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Johann Jakob Hofmann (1635-1706), author François Boitard (1670-1715), artist Joseph Mulder (b.1659/60), engraver (printmaker)