Fragmenta veterum poetarum a Zach. Pistoria magno studio collecta & ipsius manu propria scripta.
Pistorius, Zacharias
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1600 - 1742
Materials
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3236734
Summary
Bibliographic description
[22], 518, [12] p. ; 34 cm. (fol.) Former shelfmark: BC.V.7. Running number: 6840. Wanting leaf containing pp. 465-466. Brown leather title label 'Fragmenta M:SS.' from original binding inserted between p. 276-277. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript inscription on prelim. leaf facing beginning of author index: "Fragmenta vett: Poetarum" [i.e. title note and catalogue entry, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys]. Binding: nineteenth-century half-bound gold-tooled red goatskin with brown moiré silk pattern cloth over boards; gilt title 'Fragmentum veterum poetarum M.S.S.' lettered directly on spine; untrimmed foredges; gilt head of bookblock; nonpareil pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Pistorius, Zacharias, compiler