Shelfmark
Gi.7.20
Author
Title
La civil conversatione del sig. Stefano Guazzo gentil'huomo di Casale di Monferrato, divisa in quattro libri ... Nuovamente dall'istesso auttore corretta, & in diversi luoghi di molte cose, non meno utili che piacevoli, ampliata. All'illustriss. et eccellentiss. sig. Vespasiano Gonzaga..
Publication, distribution, etc.
In Vinegia, : Presso Altobello Salicato,, MDLXXIX. [1579]
Physical description
[16], 168 leaves; 21 cm. (4to)
Note
Includes printer's device on title page; head- and tail-pieces; decorated initials.
Note
Includes printed marginalia.
Note
Signatures: a-b⁸ A-X⁸.
Citation/references note
EDIT16, CNCE 22075
Citation/references note
USTC, 835115
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Binding shows arms of Léonore d'Étampes de Valençay, Archbishop of Rheims.
Binding
17th-century calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with double gilt fillets to form a border; centrepiece is the coat of arms of Léonore d'Étampes de Valençay. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets, tools, and titling ("Le civil convers.di Stef. Guazzo."). Textblock trimmed and sprinkled red. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock. Ms. and printed waste under pastedowns. The manuscript fragment is from a musical manuscript written in Gothic textualis, with initials that seem to date from the 15th century. The printed fragment has hand-painted initials, and is possibly from an incunable.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: DDl.5.9.
Copy-specific note
Ms. notes about binding coats of arms on front pastedown.
Subject
Etiquette, medieval Italy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Conversation Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
ita
Identifier
B51264