Quattro comedie del diuino Pietro Aretino. Cioè Il marescalco La cortegiana La talanta. L'hipocrito. Nouellamente ritornate, per mezzo della stampa, a luce, a richiesta de conoscitori del lor valore.
Pietro Aretino (1492-1556)
Category
Books
Date
1588
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3220939
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 285, [3] leaves ; 8vo. Running number: 7344. Water-staining on front fly-leaves and leaves A1-A8. 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)]. Binding: eighteenth-century gold-tooled calf; sewn on four raised bands; triple gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title lettered directly on spine. Red sprinkled burnished textblock edges. Wide-comb and swirl marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) Daniel Barbaro (1514-1570) Patriarch of Aquileia John Wolfe (c.1547 - 1601)