Palazzi antichi di Genova . raccolti e designati da Pietro Paolo Rubens.
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640)
Category
Books
Date
1663
Materials
Place of origin
Belgium
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3122859
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4]p., plates . ill.. . fol... Bound with: Rubens's 'Palazzi moderni di Genova', 1663. Provenance: Flamboyant signature on flyleaf: 'John Brownlowe'[i.e. probably Sir John Brownlow, later viscount Tyrconnel (1690-1754) or perhaps his uncle 'Young' Sir John Brownlow (1659-1697)]. Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: U/4. Binding: Seventeenth-century full calf; board edges gilt, text-block edges sprinkled red. Sewn on 8 cords, with pieces of old musical MS on vellum to strengthen joint. Boards detached. Spine gilt; spinelabel: 'Rubens Palazzi di Genova'.
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640)