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 3095208.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.3 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.
Makers and roles
Traiano Boccalini (1556-1613) N. N.