Capricciosi & piaceuoli ragionamenti di M. Pietro Aretino, il veritiere e'l diuino, cognominato il flagello de' principi.
Pietro Aretino (1492-1556)
Category
Books
Date
1668
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3221628
Summary
Bibliographic description
541, [3], 38, [2] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7381. Water-staining at head of leaves throughout. Provenance: anonymous armorial bookplate (not listed in Franks): arms of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (1723-1793) and his second wife Caroline Conolly (ca. 1755-1817, m. 1770), with Buck and Talbot supporters, and earl's coronet. Printed label pasted onto title page: 'James Paston, M.D.' [i.e. Dr. James Paston (1675-1752), of Harleston, Norfolk]. Manuscript price[?] code at foot of title page: "2tt 2-st". Binding: seventeenth-century full mottled calf; sewn on four raised bands; blind roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, title label missing. Blue and red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Pietro Aretino (1492-1556), author Niccolò Franco (1515-1570), author Commendatore Annibal Caro (1507 - 1566), author