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Book/Printed Material Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius, Lord of Peiresc called Peireskius.

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Title

  • Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius, Lord of Peiresc called Peireskius.

Names

  • Levis, Howard Coppuck.
  • Chiswick Press.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for H. C. Levis at The Chiswick Press, 1916.

Contents

  • Introductory note.--Notes on the life of Peireskius.--References to the art and history of engraving in "The mirrour of true nobility & gentility, being the life of ... Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius, lord of Peiresk ... by Petrus Gassendus ... Englished by W. Rand ... London ... 1657."--The engraved portraits of Peireskius.--The engraved portraits of Gassendus.--Appendix: Bibliographical description of "The mirror of true nobility" mentioned above.

Headings

  • -  Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri de,--1580-1637
  • -  Gassendi, Pierre,--1592-1655--Portraits
  • -  Gassendi, Pierre,--1592-1655.--Mirrour of true nobility and gentility

Notes

  • -  Front and full page illustrations are numbered Plate I-XIV.
  • -  "For private distribution only."
  • -  "Limited to fifty copies."--P. [3]
  • -  Title within red ornamental border.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2445
  • -  LC copy: Leaf of additions inserted opposite page 48; leaf of "corrections and additions to be made on pages 65-67" inserted opposite page 65."
  • -  LAC brd 2019-03-05 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-24 update (1 card)
  • -  Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-05-24

Medium

  • 67 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DC36.98.P3 L4
  • DC36.98.P3 L4 Copy 2 Rosenwald Coll. Interleaved ; with manuscript notes by the author.
  • DC36.98.P3 L4 Copy 3 Rosenwald Coll. Extra-illustrated. 52 cm. Includes two holograph letters by Peiresc from the Alfred Morrison Collection.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 16017264

OCLC Number

  • 31017168

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Levis, Howard Coppuck, Chiswick Press, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius, Lord of Peiresc called Peireskius. London: Printed for H. C. Levis at The Chiswick Press, 1916. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/16017264/.

APA citation style:

Levis, H. C., Chiswick Press & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1916) Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius, Lord of Peiresc called Peireskius. London: Printed for H. C. Levis at The Chiswick Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/16017264/.

MLA citation style:

Levis, Howard Coppuck, Chiswick Press, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius, Lord of Peiresc called Peireskius. London: Printed for H. C. Levis at The Chiswick Press, 1916. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/16017264/>.