Del primo[-il sesto] libro de le Lettere di M. Pietro Aretino.
Pietro Aretino (1492 – 1556)
Category
Books
Date
1609
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3031712
Summary
Bibliographic description
6 v. ; 8vo. Running number: 7368. Imperfect: vol. 3 only. Very bad condition: damp, mildew, mould and water staining throughout; some leaves stuck together; silverfish damage at foot of first ten leaves; extensive deathwatch beetle damage on leaves 159-230 with some loss of text; dead deathwatch beetle larva in situ between leaves 207-208. Provenance: manuscript initial on front pastedown: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription at head of title page, scribbled over in ink. Binding: seventeenth-century plain vellum over boards (grubby and stained); holes for two pairs of ties (missing) in covers; spine cracked, partially missing, one large loose piece.
Makers and roles
Pietro Aretino (1492 – 1556), author