Della guerra di Rhodi libri III. . auttore Jacopo Fontano Giurisc. Aggiunta la discrittione dell'isola di Malta ... Il modo del governarsi con la bussola in mare per i venti, di Gio. Quintino. Inoltre un commentario dell'isola di Rhodi, e dell'ordine di cavalieri di quella. tradott' in volgare per M. F. Sansovino.
Jacobus Fontanus (fl. 1521)
Category
Books
Date
1545
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126529
Summary
Bibliographic description
80 leaves . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered The Right Honourable Wilmot Earl of Lisburne, in the Kingdom of Ireland. (Not in Franks) [i.e. Wilmot Vaughn (1730-1800), 4th Viscount Lisburne from 1766 to 1776, when he was created 1st Earl]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Loosely inserted: Norris's manuscript notes on verso of bookplate of E.C. Stanley Norris (his father). Binding: Eighteenth-century (?) full vellum over boards; brown leather spine label with title 'Fontana Guer. di Rhodi. Vin. 1545.'; sewn on four raised bands.
Makers and roles
Jacobus Fontanus (fl. 1521) M. F. Sansovino