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mei/00204577 4° F 1(1) Art.
[00204577]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: 4° F 1(1) Art.
ISTC No.ia00705000
AuthorAndrelinus, Publius Faustus
TitleDe Neapolitana victoria. With additions by Stephanus Berthelotus. Add: De beata virgine
Imprint[Paris] : Félix Baligault, [between 18 May 1497 and 30 Oct. 1499]
Provenance nameCarey, George (1547-1603), 2nd Lord Hunsdon, 1547 - 1603 see DNB (not the 1st Lord (d.1596) as in Macray 20); for books presented by him see Benefactors' Register I 7-11; on Carey's books see Jayne, Library Catalogues, 133. On 25 June 1600 Sir Thomas Bodley described his books as `all in a manner new bound, with his armes': a gilt stamp of his crest impressed on the bindings of his books: a Garter enclosing a swan, wings elevated, charged with a crescent for difference; see Letters of Sir Thomas Bodley, letter 4; for an illustration see Rogers, Treasures, 25, and The Bodleian Library in the Seventeenth Century: Guide to an Exhibition Held During the Festival of Britain 1951 (Oxford, 1951), pl. XIV(a); see also The Bodleian Library Heraldry: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held in Connection with the English Heraldry Society, 1967 (Oxford, 1967), no. 95.
Provenance nameJames, Catalogus (1605)., 1605 - This was the first printed catalogue of the Library, and was the work of Thomas James (see above): see Philip 11-15; G. W. Wheeler, The Earliest Catalogues of the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1928), 34-52.
Provenance nameCarey, George (1547-1603), 2nd Lord Hunsdon, 1547 - 1603 see DNB (not the 1st Lord (d.1596) as in Macray 20); for books presented by him see Benefactors' Register I 7-11; on Carey's books see Jayne, Library Catalogues, 133. On 25 June 1600 Sir Thomas Bodley described his books as `all in a manner new bound, with his armes': a gilt stamp of his crest impressed on the bindings of his books: a Garter enclosing a swan, wings elevated, charged with a crescent for difference; see Letters of Sir Thomas Bodley, letter 4; for an illustration see Rogers, Treasures, 25, and The Bodleian Library in the Seventeenth Century: Guide to an Exhibition Held During the Festival of Britain 1951 (Oxford, 1951), pl. XIV(a); see also The Bodleian Library Heraldry: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held in Connection with the English Heraldry Society, 1967 (Oxford, 1967), no. 95.
Provenance nameJames, Catalogus (1605)., 1605 - This was the first printed catalogue of the Library, and was the work of Thomas James (see above): see Philip 11-15; G. W. Wheeler, The Earliest Catalogues of the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1928), 34-52.