De republica Heluetiorum libri duo / auctore Iosia Simlero Tigurino ; describitur vero in his libris non tantùm communis totius Heluetiae politia, et singulorum pagorum respub. verumetiam foederum omnium origo & conditiones exponuntur, & res gestae à temporibus Rodolphi Imp. vsque ad Carolum V. Imp. breuiter narrantur, ita vt primus liber sit epitome historiae Heluetiae ab inito foedere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simmler, Josias, 1530-1576.

Contributor:

Froschauer, Christoph, 1532-1585, printer.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

German Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Politics and government.

Switzerland--History--Early works to 1800.

Switzerland.

History.

Switzerland--Politics and government--Early works to 1800.

Penn Provenance:

Brunius, A. W. (autograph)

Brunius, August Wilhelm (autograph)

Winslow, J. J. (autograph)

Winslow, Johan Johansson (autograph)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered leaves, 207 leaves, 4 unnumbered leaves ; 17 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

De repvblica Helvetiorvm libri duo

De republica Helvetiorum libri duo

Fingerprint:

moso s.us i-l- vtcæ (3) 1577 (A)

Place of Publication:

Tiguri : Excudebat Christophorus Froschouerus, 1577.

Notes:

Signatures: *⁸ A-2C⁸ 2D⁴(-2D4?).

Leaf 2C1 signed "C".

Woodcut title vignette (printer's device).

Initials and printed marginalia.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1950.

Penn Libraries copy has dated 19th-century autograph ("A.W. Brunius 1869[?]") of August Wilhelm Brunius on front pastedown; dated 17th-century autograph ("Sperandum. J:J: winslow: Lundini 16. Augusti, Anno, 1686.") of Johan Johansson Winslow (1638-1709) on front pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy has 17th-century ms. biographical note regarding Josias Simmler on front pastedown and 3-page ms. index tipped in at end of volume, both in the hand of J.J. Winslow.

Penn Libraries copy bound in full early parchment with fore-edge flaps (each ca. 5 mm. in width; boards tooled in blind; early ms. title ("SIMLERUS. de REpubl: Helvetiorum.") at head of spine; all edges blue.

Penn Libraries copy has a few wormholes in binding.

Cited in:

VD 16 S 6511

OCLC:

385340975