Bibliotheca vetus et nova, in qua Hebraeorum, Chaldaeorum, Syrorum, Arabum, Persarum, Aegyptiorum, Graecorum & Latinorum per universum terrarum orbem scriptorum, theologorum, JCtorum, medicorum, philosophorum, historicorum, geographorum, philologorum, oratorum, poëtarum, &c. Patria, aetas, nomina, libri, saepiùs etiam eruditorum de iis elogia, testimonia & judicia summa fide atq[ue] diligentia ex quotidianâ autorum lectione depromta à prima mundi origine ad annum usq[ue] M. DC. LXXIIX. Ordine alphabetico digesta gratissima brevitate recensentur & exhibentur à Georgio Matthia Königio, ...
Georg Matthias König (1616-1699)
Category
Books
Date
1678
Materials
Measurements
288 x 199 x 67 mm
Place of origin
Altdorf
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3230498
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: 18.1 Binder's Name: English End Leaves: sewn double sheet outside hook of plain white handmade laid paper, the two stubas and the outermost full leaf pasted to the board. Structure: English Edges: palin cut, sparsely sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: slight round, quadrant joints, no evidence of linings End Bands: worked, L-r 2x2 in cream and brown thread over rolled paper cores Bookmark: NoneBoards: 4mm rope fibre board, back cornered, slips 1, 3 5 of 5 only laced in, angled up in front board, down in the backCovering: full brown tanned calf, sprinkled with black pigment in the outer frame, densely sprinkled with dilute black pigment in the central panel.Tooling Spine: gold-tooled lettering piece in panel 2.Tooling Sides: blind-tooled double fillet border, double panel with roll on outer frame and external conrer fleurons; gold-tooled roll on board edges. Furniture: None Enclosure: NoneBinding Notes: The boards are re=usedm, and show some ofthe eoriignal covering leather at the lewer from joint.
Bibliographic description
[12], 888 p. ; fol. Former shelfmark: 45.f.19. Running number: 7858. Water-staining on bottom half of leaves throughout. Insect damage in gutter margin from leaf Yyy5 through to rear board. Provenance: eighteenth-century manuscript former shelfmark on front pastedown: "G.2.2.". Binding: eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled sprinkled and plain calf; sewn onto three sewing supports; five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; rebacked in calf, with panels from original spine retained; gilt title on brown leather label on spine; red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Georg Matthias König (1616-1699) , author