ValerI Andreae DesselI I.C. Bibliotheca Belgica de Belgis vita scriptisq. claris. Praemissa topographica Belgii totius seu Germaniae Inferioris descriptione. Editio renovata, & tertiâ parte auctior
Andreas, Valerius
Category
Books
Date
1643
Materials
Place of origin
Louvain
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3229746
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 110, [22], 900 p. : coat of arms ; 4to. Running number: 7847. Water-staining at head and foot and into gutter margin of leaves at front and rear. 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: seventeenth-century full calf (rubbed); sewn on five supports; five raised bands; double gilt fillet border, double gilt fillet inner panel with vase and flower cornerpiece stamps; gold-tooled spine, with gilt stamp within double fillet panels, and roll pattern at head and tail and along raised bands; gilt title on brown leather label on spine; brown and red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Andreas, Valerius, author Rucholle, Peeter, engraver (printmaker)