Petri Bembi, patricii Veneti quæcunq[ue] usquam prodierunt opera in unum corpus collecta, & nunc demum ab C. Augustino Curione, cum optimis exemplaribus collata, & diligentissimè castigata, quorum catalogum versa pagina indicabit. . His accesserunt hac editione singulorum historiæ libroru[m] epitoma, cum tabula locorum prisca & noua nomina explicante. Et rerum ac vocum memorabilium indice.
Cardinal Pietro Bembo (1470-1547)
Category
Books
Date
1567
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3087309
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 645, [3]p. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: I.5.29. manuscript poem in Latin, by Theodore de Beze [?] (sixteenth-century hand), on front flyleaf. Fore-edge title in manuscript "Bembi histo:". Provenance: Sixteenth-century inscription on title page: "Liber Samuelis Burtoni Aedis Chri[sti] Oxon. Anno dni 1590". Binding: Sixteenth-century full calf Oxford binding; blind-tooled fillets and centrepiece (Pearson, no. ii); spine sewn onto four raised bands, with two hatched half-bands; green silk ties. Printed fragments used in binding, printed in red and black; Latin; text with surrounding commentary; ecclesiastical subject.
Makers and roles
Cardinal Pietro Bembo (1470-1547)