Accession number
PML 1775
Creator
Giovio, Paolo, 1483-1552.
Published
Lutetiae : Ex officina Rob. Stephani ..., 1549.
Description
199, [1] p. : ill., ports. (woodcuts) ; 22 cm
Notes
The 10 portraits of the Visconti family (with the exception of Matthaes II. d. 1355 and Giovanni Maria d. 1412) engraved by Geoffroy Tory from the originals in the ms. but on a smaller scale (see Bernard, A. Geofroy Tory ... tr. by G.B. Ives, 1904, p. 235
Binding
Brown calf, bound for Ed. VI, in dark blue morocco box.
Inscriptions/Markings
16th-17th century autographs of George and William Penson.
Provenance
With the armorial book-plate of Isham of Lamport (Lamport Hall sale 1904); George and William Penson; bound for Ed. VI.
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