Primo volume, & seconda editione delle navigationi et viaggi . in molo luoghi corretta, et ampliata, nella quale si contengono la descrittione dell'Africa, & del paese del Prete Ianni, & insin'all'isole Molucche, doue nascono le spetierie, et la nauigatione attorno il mondo ...
Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557)
Category
Books
Date
1554
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092793
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 34, 436 leaves, 3 double leaves of plates . maps . fol... With the second volume in the 1574 ed.. Provenance: Large armorial bookplate: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey Created Baron of Ickworth ... 1702. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol, 1665-1751]. Inscription on t.p.: Tho: & Isabella Hervey [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey, 1625-1694, and his wife Isabella, 1625-1686]. Price (25s) in T. Hervey's hand? on t.p.. Binding: Seventeenth century gold tooled soft leather; oval foliage centrepiece (also found on 1.A.1.7); rebacked.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557)