A renaissance courtesy-book. Galateo of manners & behaviours /
Giovanni Della Casa (1503-1556) Archbishop of Benevento
Category
Books
Date
1914
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3114789
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxvi, [1], 122, [2] p. ; 25 cm. Price in pencil on pastedown: 12/- net. Pencil text marking, with one rear endpaper page reference. Provenance: small book label, with armorial in left panel; with red cypher in right panel: VN&HN [i.e. Vita [Sackville-West] Nicolson (1892-1962) and Harold Nicolson (1886-1968)]; inscribed: "V.N. from P.M. Xmas 1916." [i.e. Vita [Sackville-West] Nicolson (1892-1962) from unidentified]. Binding: publisher's quarter cream cloth, with dark grey paper boards, gold lettered black spine label.
Makers and roles
Giovanni Della Casa (1503-1556) Archbishop of Benevento, author Robert Peterson (fl.1600) Spingarn, Joel Elias