Accession number
PML 16172.2
Creator
Alexander, Polyhistor, approximately 105 B.C.-approximately 35 B.C.
Published
Parisiis : Adrian Taupinart, 1634.
Description
4 preliminary leaves, 595 [59] p.
Notes
References: Not in Brunet. British Museum Cat. IX, 233 (considered pt. 2 of N. Caussin. Symbolica AEgyptiorum Sapientia with the same imprint).
Title vignette: engraved astronomical sphere.
Title vignette: engraved astronomical sphere.
Binding
17th-century French gilt-tooled calf, with Druot's armorials and tooled inscription: Ex dono D. Antho. Drvot, 1648.
Provenance
Book prize given to a student at the College of Chalon-sur-Saône, donated by Antoine Druot; Claude Bertaut, inscription (title page); Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Giuseppe Martini, Sept. 1909.
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