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| Genre/Form: | Woodcuts Shelf marks (Provenance) Blind tooled bindings (Binding) Specimens Early works to 1800 Biography Early works to 1800 |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marcin Kromer; Joannes Oporinus; H Z; Sigismund, King of Poland; Hieronymus Haunoldt |
| OCLC Number: | 41024657 |
| Language Note: | In Latin. |
| Notes: | Imprint from colophon: "Basisleae, ex officina Ioannis Oporini, anno salutis per Christum partae M.D. LV. Mense Augusto." Signatures: [alpha]⁴ a-z⁴ A-2X⁴ 2Y⁶ 2Z-3D⁴ 3E-3F² 3G-3Y⁴ 3Z⁸. Title vignette (Polish royal coat of arms); large historiated woodcut initials; side-notes. Illustrated with large woodcut portrait of Sigismund Augustus II, to whom the work is dedicated, on verso of t.p.; portrait of Sigismund I on p. 674. Includes index. Errata: recto of leaf 3T₄. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin on oak boards, with roll-stamped compartmentalized borders of the Muses, busts of Christ and St. Peter with Scriptural captions, and geometrical designs; raised bands on spine; spaces for clasps; gold armorial stamp overlaid in center of front and back covers. Binding signed H.Z. on back cover. Abbreviated ms. titles on spine and fore-edges. Bookplate, and shelf mark on spine of the library of the Prince of Lictenstein. Some marginal ms. annotations; ms. note on inside back cover, possibly concerning ownership. Ownership inscription on t.p.: "Hieronymus Haunoldt. D." With: Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarij Sigismundi liberi Baronis in Herberstain, Neyperg, & Guettenhag ... Basileae : Ex officina Ioannis Oporini, anno salutis 1556 mense Augusto. For additional information, consult the Special Collections Info File. |
| Description: | [8], 702 [i.e. 698], [42] p. (last leaf blank) : 2 ports. (woodcuts) ; 36 cm. (fol.) |
| Other Titles: | De origine et rebus gestis Polonorum libri XXX |
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