I. pars Romanae vrbis topographiae & antiquitatum : quâ succinctê & breviter describuntur omnia quæ tam publicê quam privatim videntur anim-adversione digna / Iano Iacobo Boissardo Vesuntino autore ; tabula chorographica totius Italiæ ; figuræ aliquot

Accession number

PML 79780

Creator

Boissard, Jean Jacques, 1528-1602.

Published

Impressum Francofurti : Apud Iohannem Feyrabend : impensis Theodori de Bry ..., 1597-1602.

Credit line

Julia P. Wightman,

Description

6 pts. in 3 v. : ill., maps, port. ; 33 cm. (fol.)

Notes

HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Imprint from colophon.
Colophon, pt. 3, dated 1595.
Title varies; pt. 2: II. pars Antiquitatum romanarum seu Topographis romanæ vrbis ... Francfordij, 1597; pt. 3: III. pars Antiquitatum seu Inscription

Binding

Contemporary Netherlandish gold-tooled centre- and corner piece binding (calf), with a gilt block of Maurice's coat of arms on both covers; in PML case. .

Variant title

II. pars antiquitatum Romanarum

Provenance

Maurice, Prince of Orange (binding), H.H. Leod ... (?, inscription: Ex libris Henrici Hamal Leod...).

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Classification

Binding Collection

Century

16th century

Department

Printed Books