M. Annaei Lucani Cordubensis Pharsalia. : Sive belli civilis libri decem. Cum scholiaste, hucusque inedito, et notis integris ... / Curante Francisco Oudendorpio; ...
Marcus Annaeus Lucan (39-65 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1728
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3230278
Summary
Bibliographic description
[74], 505, [2], 506-966, [194] p., plates : ill., map ; 4to. Bound as two volumes. Old Felbrigg shelfmark in vol. 1: L5. Provenance: armorial bookplate on front pastedown in both vols. (Franks 32206): 'William Windham Esquire'. Manuscript price on front pastedown in vol. 1: "Pret. 2p/4y +z". Pencil drawing on rear free endpaper of vol.1: monument with Windham crest and lettered "W: Windham ejus liber 1734" [i.e. William Windham (1717-1761)]. Remnant of historic shelf-label at heads of spine (vol. 1 illegible, vol.2: "E"[?]). Pencil drawings on rear endpaper of vol. 2, including a face and a man fencing. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn onto five raised bands; spines gilt; spine labels: 'Lucanus Oudendorp'; edge rolled in gilt; red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Marcus Annaeus Lucan (39-65 AD) Frans van Oudendorp (1696-1761), editor