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Title

Iusti LipsI De amphitheatro liber : in quo forma ipsa loci expressa, & ratio spectandi : cum aeneis figuris.

Author

Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.

Publication

Antuerpiae : Apud Christophorum Plantinum, MDLXXXIV [1584]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608.
• Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589.
• König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium Höxter. Bibliothek. fmo

Description

98, [6] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill.; 22 cm (4to)

Alternative Title

• Ivsti LipsI De amphitheatro liber
• Justi Lipsii De amphitheatro liber

Subject

• Colosseum (Rome, Italy) > History
• Amphitheaters > Italy > Rome > Early works to 1800

Note

• "Printed in the Officina Plantiniana in Leiden, but part of the edition received a title-page with Plantin's Antwerp imprint"--Voet. For Leiden imprint, cf. Voet, 1530A.
• "Priuilegii Caesarei summa," dated Feb. 21, 1565, and "Priuilegium Galliarum Regis," dated Aug. 5, 1582: p. [101-102].
• Signatures: A-N⁴. Leaf N4 blank.
• Illustrations: 3 prints : etching ; plate mark 8 x 12 cm., 17 x 24 cm., 22 x 37 cm. Sometimes attributed to Petrus van der Borcht; Voet, no. 1530A, notes "stylistic affinities with the production" of Borcht, but adds, "It is possible, however, that they were realized in Holland, by a local artist." Depict the Colosseum in Rome, exterior and interior.
• Woodcut Plantin device on t.p. (Voet, no. 40); ornamental headpiece; historiated and floriated initials.
• Side notes.
• Errata: p. 98.

Indexed In (note)

• Bib. Belgica (1964-1970 ed.)
• Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica
• Adams
• BM STC Dutch and Flemish
• Voet, L. Plantin press

Provenance (note)

• "No. 48. Ex auctio Annabergensis d. 26.Martis 1827. Johannes Siegmundus Klett" (inscription on t.p. verso); "Geschenkt von H. Obermeyer" (inscription on free front endpaper); "Gymnasium Hoxar." (stamp on t.p.).

Binding (note)

• Early speckled calf; rebacked, incorporating portions of original backstrip.

Call Number

*KB 1584 09-79

OCLC

77946489

Author

Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.

Title

Iusti LipsI De amphitheatro liber : in quo forma ipsa loci expressa, & ratio spectandi : cum aeneis figuris.

Imprint

Antuerpiae : Apud Christophorum Plantinum, MDLXXXIV [1584]

Indexed In:

Bib. Belgica (1964-1970 ed.), L136a

Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica, 1934

Adams L 765

BM STC Dutch and Flemish, p. 119

Voet, L. Plantin press, 1530B

Binding

Early speckled calf; rebacked, incorporating portions of original backstrip. NN

Local Note

Bound with: Iusti LipsI De amphitheatris quae extra Romam libellus. Antuerpiae : Apud Christophorum Plantinum, MDLXXXIV [1584] -- Iusti LipsI De constantia libri duo. Antuerpiae : Apud Christophorum Plantinum, MDLXXXIV [1584]

Provenance

"No. 48. Ex auctio Annabergensis d. 26.Martis 1827. Johannes Siegmundus Klett" (inscription on t.p. verso); "Geschenkt von H. Obermeyer" (inscription on free front endpaper); "Gymnasium Hoxar." (stamp on t.p.). NN

Local Note

Some underscoring in ink and pencil.

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Added Author

Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608. Attributed name

Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589. Printer

Klett, Johann Siegmund. Former owner

Obermeyer, H. Former owner

König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium Höxter. Bibliothek. Former owner

Research Call Number

*KB 1584 09-79