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Georgij Fabricij Chemnicensis Rerum Misnicarum libri VII ... : omnia nunc recens edita.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fabricius, Georg, 1516-1571.
- Standardized Title:
- Selections. 1569
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Botany.
- Meissen (Saxony, Germany)--History.
- Meissen (Saxony, Germany).
- Botany--Germany--Meissen (Saxony)--Early works to 1800.
- Saxony (Germany)--History.
- Saxony (Germany).
- Saxony (Germany)--Biography.
- Germany--Meissen (Saxony).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827 (former owner) (inscription) (stamp)
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 352 pages, 48 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of folded plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (4to)
- Other Title:
- Georgii Fabricii Chemnicensis Rerum Misnicarum libri VII
- Rerum Misnicarum libri VII
- Fingerprint:
- u-a- usa- s-um pugr (3) 1569 (T)
- Place of Publication:
- Lipsiae : Curante Ernesto Voegelino, [1569?]
- Contents:
- (from t.p.) Electorum Saxoniae lib. I.
- Marchionum Misnensium lib. I.
- Annalium urbis Misnae lib. III.
- Siffridi Misnensis Presbyteri epitomes lib. II.
- Notes:
- Dedication dated at end: E ludo illustri Misna Hermundurorum, Cal. Sept. Anno à Christ seruatore M.D.LXIX.
- Signatures: A-Y⁸ Z⁴ 2A-2C⁸.
- Page 72 numbered "52".
- Woodcut title vignette (printer's device) and initial.
- Printed marginalia.
- Errata on leaf 2C8r.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy imperfect: leaves T3-T6 wanting.
- Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1952.
- Penn Libraries copy has dated autograph ("J Cullum 1844") in brown ink at head of title leaf; round stamp ("G" surmounted by a crown) in black ink and ownership inscription ("E Libris Comitis Guilford") in brown ink of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford on title leaf.
- Penn Libraries copy in armorial binding of an unknown former owner: full blind-tooled pig(?) with coat of arms in center of lower board and armed figure with halo in center of upper board; 4 raised bands on spine;
- Penn Libraries copy has some early ms. underlines, marginal notes and corrections to text in brown ink; modern ms. bookseller's notes in pencil on front pastedown; ms. shelf-mark(?) in brown ink on front pastedown; ms. brief title and date in brown ink on spine; evidence of 2 clasps with metal catchplates (catchplates on upper board).
- Penn Libraries copy: spine lightly wormed.
- Cited in:
- VD 16 F367
- Schottenloher 32799e
- OCLC:
- 81111443
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