Giornale de' letterati d'Italia
Italy
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. Imperfect: mixed set; 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 flyleaf of vol. 1: [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 flyleaf 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 flyleaf of vol. 10, possibly by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys: "libri nuovi 226". Binding: eighteenth-century calf of three variations, each featuring gilt double fillet border and gilt fleurons at the corners. Patterned board edges. Raised bands; gold-tooled spine with gilt label and vol. number. Sprinkled edges. Some with marbled pastedowns.
Makers and roles
Italy, author Zeno Apostoli (d.1732), author