Accession number:
PML 57631
Published:
Venice : Giovanni de Farri & fratelli, 1542
Credit:
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1967.
Description:
[4], 491, [1] leaves ; 16 cm (8vo)
Notes:
HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Binding:
16th-century Italian (Rome) red morocco, gold tooled with foliate ornaments and central medallion of eagle flying over a rocky shore and motto, "Este procul," by Niccolò Franzese for Apollonio Filareto. The rear board includes his name, Apollonii Philareti, and a pair of clasped hands, indicative of Filareto's allegiance to the Farnese. Schunke identified the binder as the "Filareto Master."
Provenance:
Apollonio Filareto (active about 1530-47), binding; perhaps Piacenza, Convent of San Giovanni in Canali, where part of Filareto's library ended up; Sotheby's London, 21 July 1921, lot 663; W.E. Moss, his sale, Sotheby's London, 4 March 1937, lot 619; J.R. Abbey, his sale, Sotheby's London, part III, 20 June 1967, lot 1817, to: Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1967.
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