Philomathi Musae iuueniles.
Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi) (1599 - 1667)
Category
Books
Date
1656
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3241225
Summary
Bibliographic description
Editio nouissima prioribus auctior et emendatior. [12], 274, [2] p. ; fol. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled, panelled sheep over boards on six raised cords; gilt spine tooling (spine label missing); double blind fillet with inner rectangular compartment and cornerpiece design on covers; red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi) (1599 - 1667), author Ferdinand Freiherr von Fürstenberg (1626-1683) Prince Bishop of Paderborn, editor