Giornale de' letterati d'Italia
Zeno Apostoli (d.1732)
Category
Books
Date
1710 - 1740
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3250696
Summary
Bibliographic description
40v. (v.33 in 2 parts). 12mo. Running number: 1177. Made up set. Imperfect: wants vols. 39-40. First part of vol. 38 only. Bound and uniform with supplements (NT3250754). Gathering "Z" of vol. 6 misgathered: pp. 529-538, [2] placed after p. 120. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript annotations throughout. Vol. 1: manuscription inscriptions on front endleaf: [1] in ink " Progetto della nuova Republica Literaria d'Italia & Art.9 p.267."; [2] in pencil, list of numbered articles and corresponding page numbers; on front endleaf of vol. 6 (possibly by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys): "a'p.120 malplacè / libri unoci[?] 449"; on lower endleaf: "vioc[?] pag.120"; on front endleaf of vol. 10, possibly by Mitchell: "libri nuovi 226". Binding: eighteenth-century calf of three variations, each featuring double gilt fillet border and gilt fleurons at the corners; patterned board edges; raised bands with gilt-tooled spine and gilt label and vol. number; sprinkled edges. Some with marbled pastedowns.
Makers and roles
Zeno Apostoli (d.1732), author