La prima [seconda] parte delle historie vniuersali de suoi tempi di Giouan Villani cittadino fiorentino, nuouamente ristampata con tauole necessarie e postille in margine delle cose notabili, fatte per M. Remigio fiorentino.
Giovanni Villani
Category
Books
Date
1559
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3022001
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.(v.1: [36],588,[12]p.; v.2: [12],232,[8]p.) ; 4to. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of: 'Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough' (printed in red ink); presumably Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson, (1767-1818), though this plate seems to have been pasted into many of the books at Shugborough, and is not necessarily reliable evidence of provenance. Gilt armorial stamp on upper and lower boards [unidentified]. Binding: seventeenth-century[?] calf; triple gilt fillet borders; gilt armorial stamp on upper and lower boards [unidentified]; sewn onto five raised cords; spines gilt tooled; gilt lettered spine labels: Histor Fioren / Hist Fior.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Villani Remigio Nannini (1521-1581)