Accession number
PML 151563
Creator
Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.
Published
Antverpiae : Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1598.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Engraved printer's device on title-page, woodcut printer's device on divisional t.-p., a different woodcut version of the device on p. [83].
"Iusti LipsI De amphitheatris quae extra Romam libellus": p. [57]-77.
De amphitheatris quae extra Romam libellus has special title-page with same imprint as the general t.-p.
Inlcludes 2 double page engravings, mounted on muslin.
Errors in paging: p. 74, 75 misnumbered 64, 65 respectively.
The plates are engraved cross-sectional views (1 with letterpress caption) of amphitheaters; 5 full-page and 1 smaller engraved ill. in text.
"Iusti LipsI De amphitheatris quae extra Romam libellus": p. [57]-77.
De amphitheatris quae extra Romam libellus has special title-page with same imprint as the general t.-p.
Inlcludes 2 double page engravings, mounted on muslin.
Errors in paging: p. 74, 75 misnumbered 64, 65 respectively.
The plates are engraved cross-sectional views (1 with letterpress caption) of amphitheaters; 5 full-page and 1 smaller engraved ill. in text.
Description
78, [7] p. (last p. blank), [3] folded leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 26 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Sir William Sterling Maxwell; from the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Quarter brown morocco and red cloth binding.
Classification
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