Ethruscarum antiquitatum fragmenta. Quibus vrbis Romae, aliarumque gentium primordia, mores, & res gestae indicantur a Curtio Inghiramio reperta Scornelli propè Vulterram. Duplex index omnia edocet.
Curzio Inghirami (1614-1655)
Category
Books
Date
1637
Materials
Place of origin
Florence
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3214735
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24], 324 p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., geneal. table, maps ; fol. Running number: 6264. Top corner of front fly-leaf torn out. Provenance: Edward Gwynn's copy, his name stamped in gilt on front cover [i.e. Edward Gwynn (d. 1649), London lawyer who habitually stamped his name in gilt on the covers of his books. It is believed that his library was dispersed in the 1670s or 1680s]. Manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price[?] in pencil on front fly-leaf: "10-6". Manuscript code on front pastedown: "cy yp". Manuscript code on preliminary half-title: "s [underlined] x [over] v". Manuscript code at end of imprint on title page: "tt eb: ers". Binding: seventeenth-century full calf (front board almost completely detached); sewn onto five raised bands; covers have a triple blind fillet border; 'EDWARD GWYNN' stamped in gilt on front cover, 'EG' stamped in gilt on back cover; blind fillet and alternating gilt II and X symbols along board edges; blind fillets and evidence of gilt title on spine. Textblock edges with alternating diagonal bands of red and green sprinkling. Manuscript title "Etrusc Antiquit: p[er] Inghiram:" on fore-edge of textblock.
Makers and roles
Curzio Inghirami (1614-1655)