Accession number
PML 142037-38
Creator
Munckerus, Thomas, d. 1652.
Published
Amstelodami : Ex officina viduae Joannis à Someren, 1681.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Praemissa est dissertatio de auctore, stylo, & aetate mythologiae, quae C. Jul. Hygini ... nomen praefert."
Vol. 2 has title: Mythographorum latinorum tomus alter.
Caius Julius Hyginus is no longer considered the author of Poetica astronomica.
Authorship of the commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses (v. 2, p. [185]-300) is disputed.
Added engraved t.p., v. 1, included in pagination.
Engraved portrait of Munckerus following t.p., v. 1 (leaf [*3]).
Signatures (8vo): v. 1: *⁸[-*1, blank?] 3*⁸ 4*⁴ A-2L⁸ 2M²; v. 2: *-**⁸ A-Y⁸ Z².
Vol. 2 has title: Mythographorum latinorum tomus alter.
Caius Julius Hyginus is no longer considered the author of Poetica astronomica.
Authorship of the commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses (v. 2, p. [185]-300) is disputed.
Added engraved t.p., v. 1, included in pagination.
Engraved portrait of Munckerus following t.p., v. 1 (leaf [*3]).
Signatures (8vo): v. 1: *⁸[-*1, blank?] 3*⁸ 4*⁴ A-2L⁸ 2M²; v. 2: *-**⁸ A-Y⁸ Z².
Description
2 v. ([56], 487, [61]; [32], 330, [26] p.) : ill. (engravings), port. ; 20 cm
Provenance
"I.C.H.B." in cypher monogram, motto "plus penser que dire"; bookplate with "L.A.C." on basket containing flowers; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Full red morocco tooled in gilt, attributed to Wier (similar to Ramsden, London bookbinders, plate 27).
Classification
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