Host Volume
Oxford: Magdalen College, H.11.4
Publication Details
Type of host:
printed book retaining early binding
Title of volume:
Thesaurus Rhetoricae
Publication:
Venice: 'haeredes Melchioris Sesae', 1599
Bibliographical reference for printing:
USTC 814073
Binding Information
Binding style:
limp vellum, varnished
Binding detail:
Sewn on four. As well as the manuscript pastedowns, at front a printed flyleaf, formed of a near-complete opening from the edition of Alexander of Hales printed at Oxford by Theodoric Rood (1481) [ISTC ia00382000], presumably from one of the five copies that Magdalen bought on publication
Place of binding:
Oxford?
Date range for binding:
1599 x 1614
Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented:
1
Number of fragments:
2
Further information
Provenance:
- Robert Willoughby (1569-1641), fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford from c. 1593 to 1614, during which time he gave this book to the College: 'ex dono Roberti Willughbye eiusdem Collegii socij.'
Date published:
Friday, March 4, 2022 - 08:24
Date last updated:
Friday, March 4, 2022 - 08:24
