Le trasformationi, . di M. Lodovico Dolce. ...
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1557
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126575
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],309,[1]p. . ill.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Loosely inserted: slip of typed notes by Norris, with note added in ms: "from Wentworth Castle library". [Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire, seat of the Earls of Strafford].. Binding: Eighteenth-century (?) full vellum over boards; gilt-tooled borders, central panel and cornerpieces; gilt armorial centrepiece stamp, incorporating a cypher, with viscount's coronet [i.e. probably that of Thomas Wentworth (1672-1739), created Viscount Wentworth and 1st Earl of Strafford in 1711]; gilt spine tools; gilt spine title 'Dolce Trasform.'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Ovid (43 BC - 17 or 18 AD) Lodovico Dolce (1508-1568)