Discorso dell'origine ed antichita di Palermo, e de'primi abitatori della Sicilia, e dell'Italia. Di don Mariano Valguarnera.
Mariano Valguarnera (1564-1634)
Category
Books
Date
1614
Materials
Place of origin
Palermo
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3212536
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 424 [i.e. 524], [12] p. : map ; 4to. Running number: 6186. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "ιε'" [i.e. iota epsilon = Greek number 15]. Manuscript code or inventory number at foot of front pastedown: "1253". Manuscript code at head of rear pastedown: "X8.-". Binding: seventeenth-century full gold-tooled reddish-brown sheepskin; covers have a gilt framework consisting of an outer border and an inner frame made from double and single fillets, the inner frame with vase of lowers cornerpiece stamps; five raised bands; gold-tooled spine, with fillet, roll and stamp decoration; gilt title lettered directly onto spine. Marbled edges.
Makers and roles
Mariano Valguarnera (1564-1634)