Achillis Bocchii Bonon. Symbolicarum quaestionum, de vniuerso genere, quas serio ludebat, libri quinque.
Schille Bocchi (1488-1562)
Category
Books
Date
1574
Materials
Place of origin
Bologna
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3072943
Summary
Bibliographic description
[48], CCCLVII, [3] p. : ill. (metal cuts), port. ; 4to. Running number: 7408. Corrected state with "omnibus" on p. clxxxv and "humanitus" on p. cccxxv. Final words of title "libri quinque" on title page are partially erased. Cancel slip (blank) pasted over catchword on leaf b4v. Imperfect: wanting quires c-f, i.e. pp. [17]-[48]. Foot of title page cut off (removing ownership inscription) and repaired with blank paper. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Small manuscript codes at foot of leaf [dagger]2r. Binding: seventeenth-century[?] full plain vellum over bards; manuscript title on spine. Light blue mottled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Schille Bocchi (1488-1562), author Giulio Bonasone (c.1498-c.1580), engraver (printmaker) Agostino Carracci (Bologna 1557 - Parma 1602), engraver (printmaker) Prospero Fontana (1512-1597), artist Parmigianino (Parma 1503 – Casalmaggiore 1540), artist Giulio Bonasone (c.1498-c.1580), artist