Accession number:
PML 78401
Published:
In Venetia : Appresso Francesco de Franceschi ... , [1584]
Description:
[40], 654, [34] p., 43, [1] leaves : ill. ; 28 cm (4to)
Notes:
"I cinque canti" and "Osservationi" have special title pages, engraved by G. Franco.
Includes index.
Initials; engraved full page illustration and head-piece precede each canto.
Issued without letterpress t.p. Engraved title page, with architectural border and portrait of author, by Porro.
Library's copy: the engraving for canto 33 repeated for canto 34. There is a half-sheet cancel for the inner sheet of signature T: leaf T3r, line 5 has reading "raccozzati", leaf T6r, line 1 of text reads "Molti" and catchword is "Il".
Signatures: *⁴ 2*-3*⁸ A-T⁸(±T3,6) V-Z⁸ a-u⁸, a-l⁴ (2*4, l4, t4 missigned *4, 2L4,*T4).
Binding:
Red morocco, gilt, olive and tan morocco onlays, tooled to a fanfare pattern; edges gauffered, gilt and polychromed; possibly Danish or German. In PML case.
Provenance:
John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (armorial bookplate), Charles van der Elst (booklabel).
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