Merope tragedia del marchese Scipione Maffei. Dedicata all'altezza serenissima di Rinaldo I, duca di Modena, Reggio, Mirandola, &c. E illustrata colla giunta d'essa dedicatoria, e d'una prefazione.
Marchese Scipioni Maffei (1675-1755)
Category
Books
Date
1714
Materials
Place of origin
Modena
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3222697
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxxvi, 126, [2] p ; 4to. Running number: 7537. Leaves [dagger]5-6 (p. xxv-xxviii) mis-bound at rear betwwen leaves H4-5. Provenance: manuscript capital letter at head of front fly-leaf: "D". Manuscript inscription (in different hand) on front fly-leaf: "N.B. p. 25-28 praefationis. vid. versus fin. libri trans positas". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on five raised bands; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; title label missing from spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges. Wide comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Marchese Scipioni Maffei (1675-1755)