Francisci Guillimanni. De rebus Helvetiorum, sive antiquitatum Libri V. Ex variis scriptis, tabulis, monimentis, lapidibus, optimis plurium linguarum auctoribus
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Author
Publication
1598 - Ex officina typographica M. Wilhelmi Mæss, Fribourg
Language
Latin
Word Count
121,500 words, Guess
Page Count
486 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL58595594M
- OCLC Control Numberbib_fict_5654742
Description
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"> 8vo. f. [1] (blank), pp. [12], 142 (p. 71 called p. 17), [2] (blank), 143-457 (p. 305 called p. 705), [3] (last blank). Contemporary vellum. Gilded tooled medallion on board center, ties, tooled spine, manuscript spine title. Signed on title page: "La Bibliotheca Waseriana 1697".</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">First edition, significantly omitting the forged epitaph of the mythical priestess of Aventicum, ‘Julia Alpinula,’ a victim of Rome’s transalpine conquests later celebrated by Byron and many others as a heroine of first-century Helvetia. The imaginary inscription, as communicated by Merula to Justus Lipsius, was first published among the Auctarium Lipsius added to the Inscriptionum antiquarum of Martin Smetius (Leiden, 1588), and reprinted in Janus Gruter, Inscriptiones antiquae totius orbis Romani (Heidelberg, 1603; see Bib# 966733/Fr# 251 in this collection). See also A. Freeman, Julia Alpinula, pseudo-Heroine of Helvetia. How a Forged Renaissance Epitaph Fostered a National Myth. London, 2015, pp. 33-37 and 52-56, and (on the omission) p. 36, note 35. Cf. H. M. Adams, Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge Libraries. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1967, G1579. </span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/1lu78g9/alma991042160599707861" rel="nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>
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