Secondo volume delle navigationi et viaggi . raccolto gia da M. Gio. Battista Ramusio, et hora in questa nuoua editione accresciuto: nel quale si contengono l'historia delle cose de Tartari, & diuersi fatti de' loro imperatori, descritta da M. Marco Polo ... & da Hayton Armeno. Varie descrittioni di diuersi auttori, dell' Indie Orientali, della Tartaria, della Persia ... & altre prouincie ... Et il viaggio della Tana ... Con l'indice ...
Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557)
Category
Books
Date
1574
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092874
Summary
Bibliographic description
248 leaves . fol... With Vol. 1 in the 1554 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 (16s) in T. Hervey's hand? on t.p. Marginalia in more than one hand throughout.. Binding: Late sixteenth century French 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)