Valerii Maximi dictorum factorumque memorabilium libri IX : infinitis mendis ex veterum exemplarium fide repurgati, atque in meliorem ordinem restituti / per Stephanum Pighium Campensem ; accedunt in fine eiusdem annotationes in loca plusquàm DCCC ; item hac altera recognitione fragmentum de praenominibus antiquu[m] incerti auctoris, quod decimi libri locum in multis exemplaribus occupat.
1574
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Valerii Maximi dictorum factorumque memorabilium libri IX : infinitis mendis ex veterum exemplarium fide repurgati, atque in meliorem ordinem restituti / per Stephanum Pighium Campensem ; accedunt in fine eiusdem annotationes in loca plusquàm DCCC ; item hac altera recognitione fragmentum de praenominibus antiquu[m] incerti auctoris, quod decimi libri locum in multis exemplaribus occupat.
Uniform title
Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX
Created/published
Antuerpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, architypographi regij, MDLXXIIII [1574]
Description
392; 99, [13] pages ; 18 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Valerius Maximus. author.
Pighius, Stephanus Vinandus, 1520-1604, editor, writer of added commentary.
Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589, bookseller.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, former owner.
Schmidtchen, Paul W., active 20th century, former owner.
Pighius, Stephanus Vinandus, 1520-1604, editor, writer of added commentary.
Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589, bookseller.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, former owner.
Schmidtchen, Paul W., active 20th century, former owner.
Note
Privilege statements on title page verso and leaf G8 recto.
Signatures: A-Z⁸ a⁸ b⁴; ²A-G⁸.
Printer's device on title page.
"Stephani Pighii annotationes in Valerii Maximi primum librum", 99 p. at end, followed by [12] pages of index.
Signatures: A-Z⁸ a⁸ b⁴; ²A-G⁸.
Printer's device on title page.
"Stephani Pighii annotationes in Valerii Maximi primum librum", 99 p. at end, followed by [12] pages of index.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cited/described in
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, II, 116
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
266- 691q
Folger-specific note
Autograph on title page: Su[m] Ben. Jonsonij. Modern armorial bookplate (motto in roman script: Taxis kai kosmos): Schmidtchen. Top margin of title page has been cut, removing text, and replaced. Sparse underlining throughout. Description of volume pasted in on free front endpaper. Casebound in modern green goatskin with gold-tooled triple border with oak and acorn motifs around a central double rectangle. Gold-tooled spine with title at head and date at foot. Gold-tooled edges and turn-ins. Gilt edges. Hand-sewn endbands in blue and white. Housed in modern green cloth clamshell box with leather spine. Loose article about the book by Paul W. Schmidtchen removed to curatorial file. Acquired from Cummins, 2012-02-02. Adopted by Drew Oliver, Acquisitions Night 2017.
Folger accession
266691