Pauli Iovii Novocomensis episcopi Nucerini, de Vita Leonis Decimi Pont. Max. libri quatuor : His ordine temporum accesserunt Hadriani Sexti Pont. Max. et Pompeii Columnae Cardinalis vitae / ab eodem Paulo Iovio conscriptae.

Accession number: 
PML 4075
Author: 
Giovio, Paolo, 1483-1552.
Published: 
Florentiae : Officina Laurentii Torrentini, 1549.
Description: 
[8], 205 p. ; 33 cm.
Notes: 

Exhibited in Burlington Fine Arts Exh. 1891.
Cf. H. M. Adams, Cat. Cambr. libr., G689.

Binding: 
Brown calf over pasteboard, gold-tooled; strapwork enamelled in black and gray, edges gilt. A Grolier binding, ca. 1549-1556, once attributed to Claude de Piques, now attributed to Gommar Estienne.
Provenance: 
From the libraries of Jean Grolier (with his name and motto on the binding ), S. W. Singer, Joseph Techener, A. Firmin Didot, Lé́on Techener, and George B. De Forest.
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Classification: 
Binding Collection
Department: 
Printed Books