Franc. Petrarchae philosophi, oratoris et poetae clarissimi Epistolarum Familiarium libri XIV. Variarum lib. I. Sine titulo lib. I. Ad quosdam ex veteribus illustriores li. I. Opus non paucis mendis repurgatum & multis epistolis auctum ex vetusto codice bibliothecae I. Chalasii I. C. quae vt à caeteris dignosci possint ex epistola ad lectorem praefixa intelligetur.
Petrarch, (Francesco Petrarca) (1304-1374)
Category
Books
Date
1601
Materials
Place of origin
Geneva
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3221848
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 396, 381-683, [1] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7407. 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)]. manuscript price[?] in pencil on front fly-leaf, scribbled over in ink. Binding: seventeenth-century plain vellum over boards; fore-edges folded over; spine cracked, partially missing. Blue sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Petrarch, (Francesco Petrarca) (1304-1374), author Johannes Chalasius of Nîmes (fl.16th century), editor Samuel Crespin (1572-1648), printer