Ioan. Petri Contarini Veneti Historiae de bello nuper Venetis a Selimo II. Turcarum imperatore illato, liber vnus
Gasparo Contarini
Category
Books
Date
1573
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3149363
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 147, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 4to. Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscription "Davenport Talbot", i.e. William Davenport Talbot, 1764-1800, on recto of first free end-paper. Seventeenth? century manuscript inscription "182", possibly a previous shelfmark, on verso of fourth free end-paper, facing title page. Binding: seventeenth/eighteenth century stiffened vellum; manuscript title "Lepanto" on spine; text block edges sprinkled red.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
Gasparo Contarini