Commentarii, ò vero historie / di Gio. Sleidano ; ne le quali si trata de lo stato de la repub. e di la religione christiana, e di tutte le guerre & altre cose notabili, che sono occorse ne l'Europa da l'anno MDXVII infino al LV. Tradotte nuovamente in lingua toscana.

Accession number:

PML 15448

Author:

Sleidanus, Johannes, 1506-1556.

Published:

[Geneva] : [François Jaquy, Antoine Davodeau & Jacques Bourgeois] M D LUII [1557].

Description:

[12], 946, [18] pages ; 24 cm (4to)

Notes:

Imprint from Gilmont.
Translation of De statu religionis et reipublicae Carolo Quinto, caesare, commentarii.
Translation of the Histoire - printed at Geneva by Jean Crispin, 1837--See Bru. V, 409.

Binding:

16th-century (French/Lyonnaise?) calf, tooled & painted in Grolieresque style; gilt and gauffered edges.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Extensive contemporary annotations on front and rear endleaves.

Provenance:

Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), armorial bookplate with shelfmark: III N.d.3* (front pastedown), Bibliotheca Sussexiana sale, Evans, 1 July 1844, lot 5193.

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Classification:

Binding Collection

Genres:

Painted bindings (Binding)

Mosaic bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books