Bibliotheca Romana, sive Catalogus auctorum, tam eorum qui verè Romani, : aliàs classici appellantur, quàm plerorumque illorum qui literas Romanas restituerunt, vel quoquo modo iis excolendis promovendisque operam impenderunt: quorum fere omnium optimas accuratissimasque editiones, ingenti tum sumptu, tum industriâ, collegit, & in ordinem digessit Thomas Ruddimannus, A. M. Inclyti, quod in Scotia est, Jurisconsultorum Collegii, per quinquaginta pene annos, Bibliothecarius..
Ruddiman, Thomas,1674-1757.
Ruddiman, Thomas,1674-1757,donor.StEdNL
Preston, William,1742-1818,former owner.StEdNL
Paton, George,1721-1807,former owner.StEdNL
Edinburgi, : Apud Wal. Ruddimannum ac socios.,
M.DCC.LVII. [1757]
With addenda & corrigenda on page 112.
ESTC
A copy given, or bequeathed, by the author to William Preston, who was at the time his amanuensis. The gift is recorded by a gold book-stamp on the front board. Ink inscription on the recto of front flyleaf "Ex Libris Gulielmi Preston.". This is followed by a manuscript obituary notice of Thomas Ruddiman in the hand of Preston. The manuscript inscription "Ex Libris Gulielmi Preston." appears again on the verso of the title page. Also at the head of the verso of the title page is the manuscript shelfmark "A.1.8" and below that the armorial crest bookplate of "Geo.[rge] Paton Custom House Edr.".
Red leather label with gilt text inlaid on front board: "Ex dono. praest: & doctis: T. Ruddimanni. ad G. Prestonum. M.DCC:L.VII.".
Ruddiman, Thomas, 1674-1757
Scotland Edinburgh.