Conrad Gesner, Historia plantarum et vires ex Dioscoride (Paris, 1541)
Bywater N.5.5
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Conrad Gesner, Historia plantarum et vires ex Dioscoride (Paris, 1541)
Shelfmark
Bywater N.5.5
Summary
Note in Beckford's hand on flyleaf 'R. june 1834/2.15-'.
Date
1541
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Binding: olive morocco, gilt arms (first) of J.A. de Thou on each cover
Physical extent
1 volume
Custodial history
Inscribed inside upper cover 'Vett.[?] 1ere T. h 67'; Beckford no. 3737; Sotheby's, 28 June 1898 (anon.), lot 979.
Acquisition
Bought by Ingram Bywater; Bywater no. 1437.
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Collection contents
Books from Beckford's library in the Bodleian
Conrad Gesner, Historia plantarum et vires ex Dioscoride (Paris, 1541)
