Advertisements from Parnassus. . Written originally in Italian. By the famous Trajano Boccalini. Newly done into English, and adapted to the present times. Together with the author's Politick touchstone; his Secretaria di Apollo, never before translated: and an account of his life. By N. N. Esq; ...
Traiano Boccalini (1556-1613)
Category
Books
Date
1704
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095208.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1 of 3 . ports.. . 8vo. Imperfect: wanting all plates.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on title page versos: 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 in each vol.; 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. Each vol. rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spines. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
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
Traiano Boccalini (1556-1613) N. N.