Shelfmark
Gl.5.20
Author
Title
Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldessar Castiglione colla vita di lui scritta dal sig. abate Pierantonio Serassi..
Publication, distribution, etc.
In Padova. : Appresso Giuseppe Comino., CIƆIƆCCLXVI. [1766].
Physical description
xxiv, 168, [2], 169-352, [2] p., [1] leaf of plate ; 25 cm. (4to)
Note
Engraved frontispiece of the author.
Note
Engraved vignette on t.p.; initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Note
Signatures: [a]-c⁴, A-X⁴, [chi]¹, Y-Z⁴, 2A-2X⁴.
Note
Some copies with 2K2 wrongly marked 2H.
Provenance
Bookseller's label on the front pastedown and note in pencil on the last blank flyleaf recording the sale of the book by Macmillan and Bowes (Cambridge) in May 1888.
Binding
Vellum binding with double blue fillet to form a border on covers; gold titling on blue backgound on spine; yellow edges; marbled endpapers with two additional flyleaves at the beginning and end of book.
Copy-specific note
Variant without the mistake in the signatures.
Copy-specific note
Previously En.5.15.
Subject
Courts and courtiers Early works to 1800.
Subject
Courtesy Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Comino, Giuseppe, ? - d. 1756? printer.
Added entry--name
Macmillan and Bowes binders.
Added entry--place
Italy Padua.
Language code
ita
Identifier
B51948