L'Achille et l'Enea di messer Lodovico Dolce. . Dove egli tessendo l'historia della Iliade d'Homero à quella dell'Eneide di Vergilio, ambedue l'ha divinamente ridotte in ottava rima. ... Aggiuntovi nel fine una oratione del S. Andrea Menechini, sopra le lodi della poesia, & de' fautori delle virtù.
Lodovico Dolce (1508-1568)
Category
Books
Date
1571 - 1572
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126609
Summary
Bibliographic description
[28],544,[44]p. . ill.. . 4to.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered The Right Honourable Wilmot, Viscount Lisburne. (Not in Franks) [i.e. Wilmot Vaughn (1730-1800), 4th Viscount Lisburne from 1766 to 1776, when he was created 1st Earl]. manuscript pressmark on paper label partly obscuring plate. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf over boards; gilt fillets and inner border; spine gilt; red morocco spine labels with title: 'L'Achille & l'Enea di Dolce. Ap: Giolito 1571'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Lodovico Dolce (1508-1568) Homer (800 BC - 701 BC) Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BC)