Iulii Caesaris Scaligeri a Burden, viri clarissimi, Poetices libri septem. I Historicus II Hyle, III Idea, IV Parasceue, V Criticus, VI Hypercriticus, VII Epinomis. Ad Syluium filium.
Giulio Cesare Scaligero (1484-1558)
Category
Books
Date
1607
Materials
Place of origin
Heidelberg
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3237237
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24], 871, [49] p. ; 8vo. Former Felbrigg shelfmark: V2 (in pencil, crossed-out). Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. either William Windham II (1717-1761) or William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Manuscript inscriptions on front fly-leaf: "C. Tennant" (crossed-out) and "S. Brooke". Manuscript inscription on verso of second front fly-leaf: "W. Windham Jany. 28th 1784" [i.e. William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Various manuscript codes and numbers on front endpapers. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on five supports; gilt roll pattern border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; spine rebacked in calf; red sprinkled textblock edges. Binder's manuscript treatment report attached to rear pastedown: "When received this book was in two pieces. … J. R. Carr-Griffiths A.R.C.A. 17.2.1976".
Makers and roles
Giulio Cesare Scaligero (1484-1558), author