Shelfmark
Gk.5.19
Author
Title
Le imprese illustri del S.or Ieronimo Ruscelli. Aggiuntovi nuouam[en]te il quarto libro da Vincenzo Ruscelli da Viterbo. Al serenissimo principe Guglielmo Gonzaga Duca di Mantova et Monferato.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Imprese illvstri del S.or Ieronimo Rvscelli
Publication, distribution, etc.
In Venetia : Appresso Francesco de Fráceschi senesi, M.DL.XXXIIII. [1584]
Physical description
[28], 496, 8, 82, [2] p. : ill. ; 25 cm. (4to)
Note
Last leaf blank.
Note
Includes 11 full-page engraved illustrations.
Note
Engraved title page, title within ornamental border with Gonzaga arms, signed: Francio Giacomo.
Note
"Il quarto libro delle imprese illustri con figure di stampe di rame aggiunto da Vincenzo Ruscelli da Viterbo ... Venetia, 1583" (with special title page, engraved): 82 p. at end.
Note
Signatures: a-b⁴ c⁶ A-3Q⁴ ²A⁴ ³A⁴ ²B-²I⁴ ²K⁶.
Citation/references note
Brunet, IV, 1463
Citation/references note
EDIT16, CNCE 77379, 47664
Citation/references note
USTC, 764962, 853927
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of George Thornhill on front pastedown.
Provenance
Arms of ?Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex on the binding.
Binding
17th-century armorial binding -- polished calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with one gilt fillet with one blind fillet either side; gilt coats of arms as centrepiece. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with blind fillets and Tudor rose gilt tools. Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Many modern ms. notes on the pastedown and front flyleaf. One earlier ms. note in Italian: "Le Imprese del Ruscelli".
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: DDk.2.10.
Subject
Heraldry Italy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Devices (Heraldry) Italy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Heraldry Italy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Emblems Italy Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Franceschi, Francesco de printer.
Added entry--name
Ruscelli, Vincenzo, active 1583 - ? Quarto libro delle Imprese illustri con figure di stampe di rame.
Added entry--name
Franco, Giacomo, 1550 - 1620 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Essex, Robert Devereux, 1591 - 1646 Earl of former owner.
Added entry--name
Thornhill, George, 1783 - 1852 former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
ita
Identifier
B51361