Hecatommithi, ouero Cento nouelle / di M. Giouanbattista Giraldi Cinthio Nobile Ferrarese: nelle quali, oltre le diletteuoli materie, si conoscono moralità vtilissime a gli huomini per il ben viuere; …
Giambattista Cinzio Giraldi (1504-1573)
Category
Books
Date
1580
Materials
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3086704
Summary
Bibliographic description
Di nuouo riuedute, corrette, & riformate in questa quarta impressione. 2 v. in 1 ; 4to. Pencil “93” on flyleaf, changed to “92” in same hand. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on titlepage verso: John Lord Sommers Baron of Evesham [i.e. John, Lord Somers (1651-1716), Lord Chancellor]. Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754) in vol. 1: Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled, panelled calf over boards on four raised cords, gilt spine tooling, red spine label, double blind fillet with inner rectangular compartment and cornerpiece design on covers, red and brown sprinkled edges. Old worm damage in gutter margin; old water stain on text block throughout.
Makers and roles
Giambattista Cinzio Giraldi (1504-1573)