Secretaria di Apollo: or, Letters from Apollo, historical and political; . directed to the most eminent princes, ... With curious remarks on the classic authors, ... By the famous Trajano Boccalini. Now first made English from the original Italian. In two volumes.
Antonio Santa Croce
Category
Books
Date
1704
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094953.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2 of 2 . ill.. . 8vo. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on verso of title pages: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey created Baron of Ickworth in Com. Suff. March the 23d. 1702 [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled sprinkled calf bindings; blind roll on board edges. Both vols. rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title, vol. no. and date stamped on spines. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Antonio Santa Croce Traiano Boccalini (1556-1613)