Title
Sex. Aurelij Victoris historiae Romanae breuiarium. : a Iano & Saturno, vrb[q́ue] condita, vsque ad Consulatum X. Constantij Aug. & Juliani Cæs. III., numquam antehac editum. In quo quid contineatur sequens pag. indicat. / ex bibliotheca Andreæ Schotti, cuius etiam notæ adiectæ sunt..
Varying form of title
Sex. Avrelii Victoris historiae Romanae breviarium
Varying form of title
Sex. Aurelii Victoris historiae Romanae breviarium
Imprint
Antuerpiæ, : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, Architypographi Regij., M. D. LXXIX. [1579]
Physical description
221, [3] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 16 cm (8vo)
Note
Printer's device on title page; woodcut initials; coin portraits of the emperors.
Note
Contains the works Origo gentis Romanae and De viris illustribus urbis Romae, both now unattributed, and De Caesaribus, still attributed to Victor.
Note
Signatures: A-O⁸.
Note
Printed marginalia.
Note
Errata on leaf O8 recto.
Note
Includes index.
Citation/references note
Adams, A 2263
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
Late 17th-century mottled calf over paper boards; sewn on four supports; blind fillets forming rectangular frame towards edges of boards, with blind stamps at inner corners; five raised bands; blind fillets and rolls on spine; gilt roll around board edges; text block edges sprinkled red and blue.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: De vita et moribus imperatorum (Antwerp, 1579).
Subject
Rome (Place) Kings and rulers Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rome (Place) History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Victor, Sextus Aurelius De Caesaribus.
Added entry--name
Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589 printer.
Added entry--name
Schottus, Andreas, 1552-1629 editor.
Added entry--name
Victor, Sextus Aurelius attributed name.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
Origo gentis Romanae.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
De viris illustribus urbis Romae.
Added entry--place
Belgium Antwerp.
B9200
UKSbSC
20190709145658.4