Author
Vergil, Polydore, 1470?-1555
Uniform title
Anglica historia
Title
Polydori Vergilii Vrbinatis Anglicae historiae libri uigintiseptem. : ab ipso autore postremùm iam recogniti, adq[ue] amussim, salua tamen historiae ueritate, expoliti. Indices rerum singularum & utiles & copiosos, in operis calce adiectos reperies..
Varying form of title
Polydori Vergilii Vrbinatis Anglicae historiae libri vigintiseptem
Varying form of title
Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae historiae libri vigintiseptem
Imprint
Basileae, : Apud Mich. Isingrinium,, anno M.D.LVI. [1556]
Physical description
[2], 691, [39] p. ; 33 cm (fol.)
Note
Signatures: a-z⁶ A-Z⁶ Aa-Pp⁶.
Note
"Cum gratia & priuilegio Caesareo"-- title-page.
Note
Poem by Simon Grynäus on title-page.
Note
Leaves a2 recto and a3 recto have decorative woodcut border.
Note
Initials.
Note
Includes index.
Citation/references note
BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 889
Citation/references note
CLC, V345
Citation/references note
Adams, V449
Provenance
Partially legible inscription on title page: "[...] Renesse".
Provenance
Inscription on title page: "[...] Dompselaer est le proprietaire de cette libre cy".
Provenance
Inscription on title page: "Sum ex Biblioth. Joh. Heeser ... 1707". There is a note about the author on the title page in the same hand.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
18th-century? half parchment; boards covered with marbled paper; paper boards; sewn on four supports; smooth spine with title and date written in ink, and title and author tooled in gilt; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Wanting final leaf.
Subject
Great Britain (Place) History To 1485.
Added entry--name
Grynäus, Simon, 1493-1541
Added entry--name
Isingrin, M. (Michael), 1500-1557 printer.
Added entry--name
Heeser, Johannes, active 1707 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel
B14989
UKSbSC
20231004162755.8