Record ID | cp010870 |
Voet reference number | 1531A |
Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:969426 |
Author | Justus LIPSIUS (LIPS) |
Title page transcription | IVSTI LIPSI ‖ DE ‖ AMPHITHEATRIS ‖ QVÆ ‖ EXTRA ROMAM ‖ LIBELLVS. ‖ In quo Formæ eorum aliquot & typi. ‖ ⊕ 45 ‖ LVGDVNI BATAVORVM, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ CIƆ. IƆ. LXXXIV. |
Collation | 4º [168]: a-d⁴, e; pages 1-32, [33-36] |
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Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Blank 3-6: Iustus Lipsius Abrahamo Ortelio suo S.D. (italic type) 7-[33]: Text (parts in italic type and greek type, marginals in roman type and italic type) [34]: Ad lectorem (italic type) [35]: Privilege (Fontainebleau, 5 August 1582, signed by De Neufville) [36]: Blank |
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Illustrations | Engravings: 5 engravings with views of amphitheatres outside Rome: 1) Verona (160 × 282; inscription [above]: AMPHITH. VERONENSE; hors-texte) 2) Pola (ground-plan: 158 × 119; inscription: 'AMPH. POLAN'; full-page illustration on page 19) 3) Nîmes (view of the exterior: 170 × 122; inscription [above, to the right]: 'AMPH. NEMAVS'; full-page illustration on page 21) 4 and 5) Doué in Poitou (115 × 165, and 125 × 181; both with the inscription [above]: 'AMPHIT. DOVEON'; full-page illustrations on pages 32 and 33). On the designer and engraver: cf. preceding no |
Copies | Cf. preceding no |
Digital copies | University Library Leiden: 181 D 6: 2 |
Bibliographical references | Cf. preceding no |
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Note 1 | Cf. preceding no. |
Note 2 | This volume treats more particularly, as specified in the title, the amphitheatres outside Rome. |
Note 3 | In the dedicatory the author thanks A. Ortelius for lending a number of books, which permitted him to finish quickly his study. The Architectura of S. Serlio is quoted as having been very useful. |
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