Shelfmark
Ep.4.16(01)
Author
Title
Poesie liriche toscane di T. J. Mathias (inglese).
Edition
Seconda edizione napolitana.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Napoli : Presso Agnello Nobile libraio-stampatore, Strada Toledo n. 186, 1820.
Physical description
[6], 182, [4] p. ; 4to.
Note
Includes an index, a list of books available from G. Porter in London published under the direction of Mathias, and two leafs of advertisments for Agnello Nobile.
Note
Includes Mathias's translations of William Mason's Sappho, and John Milton's Lycidas.
Note
Includes engraved frontispiece of a lyre, surrounded by a wreath of laurel, myrtle and willow, bearing the motto 'Mitibus mutare valet tristia'.
Provenance
Library label of Dalton Hall, with shelfmark in pencil.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Sparrow (1906-1992).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College Library.
Binding
Italian cream stiff parchment case binding; gold tooled wreath roll border; gold tooled roll on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled title.
Copy-specific note
Inscription on t.p.: Dall'autore.
Copy-specific note
One of three items in volume.
Added entry--name
Mason, William, 1724 - 1797 Sappho.
Added entry--name
Milton, John, 1608 - 1674 Lycidas.
Added entry--name
Nobile, Agnello printer.
Added entry--name
Sparrow, John, 1906 - 1992 former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Naples
Language code
ita eng
Identifier
B37814