Iacobi Philippi Tomasini Sancti Georgij ab Alga Venetiarum canonici secularis De donariis ac tabellis votiuis liber singularis.
Giacomo Filippo Tomasini (1595-1655)
Category
Books
Date
1639
Materials
Place of origin
Udine
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3210243
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 226, [22] p., [5] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 6062. Provenance: armorial binding of the Langley family, of Langley in County Durham, and of Sheriff Hutton in Yorkshire: paly of six, crest out of a ducal coronet a panache of six ostrich feathers, helmet of an esquire. 'The stamp might be that of William Langley (d. 1651), of Stainton in Yorkshire, and Higham Gobiam in Bedfordshire, who was created a baronet 27 April 1641, and was descended from Langley, of Langley. The sixth baronet, Sir Henry Langley, died without issue (before 1724). Duff says that the stamp is that of Henry Langley (1611-1679), a Puritan divine, and son of Thomas Langley, a shoemaker of Abingdon in Berkshire. It is unlikely that he was armigerous' -- British Armorial Bindings (University of Toronto). Manuscript code on inside front board: "CA-BJ/f". Manuscript old shelfmarks on verso of fourth front fly-leaf facing the title page: "F F.4.2" (scribbled over in ink) and "K:36:2". Manuscript inscription on title page: "Queo [one word, in Greek?] viri Amicissimi Alex[an]dri. Young. 1698" [possibly Alexander Young (1669-1755). Christ's College, Cambridge, B.A. 1688-89, M.A. 1692, B.D. 1703. Ordained deacon (Lincoln), 1691. Rector of Caldecote, Northamptonshire (1705). Rector of Clipston, Northamptonshire (1707-13). Rector of Wickhambreux, Kent (1713-55). Vicar of Eastchurch, Kent (1729-55) -- Alumni Cantabrigienses]. Pencil marks and symbols in the margins throughout. Manuscript bibliographical references on inside rear board: "joh[ann]es Galvanus. 40. Aloisius Novarius. Schediam. Sand proph. 34. Calcagniuus de relig. Aegyptiac. 63. julianus Aurchius de cogn. deorf. 106". Binding: seventeenth-century full calf; sewn onto three tawed leather sewing supports; double gilt fillet border; gilt armorial centrepiece stamp: paly of six, crest out of a ducal coronet a panache of six ostrich feathers, helmet of an esquire; blind dotted roll pattern along board edges; recessed cords; double gilt fillets across spine; gilt title on brown sheepskin label on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Giacomo Filippo Tomasini (1595-1655)