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De origine, moribus et rebus Gestis Scotorum.

Accession number
PML 2001
Creator
Leslie, John, 1527-1596.
Published
Romae : In aedibus populi Romani, M D LXXVIII [1578].
Description
[40], 588, [32] pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations (portraits, maps, charts) ; 22 cm (4to)
Notes
Signatures: a-e⁴ A-R⁸ S⁴ T-Z⁸ Aa-Oo⁸ Pp-Rr⁴ Ss⁶.
De rebus gestis Scotorum posteriores libri tres has separate title page (p. 281), with continuous pagination and signatures.
Text and marginal notes within ruled columns; text printed in large roman t
Binding
16th-century Italian gilt-tooled brown morocco, with painted coat of arms of the Este family (possibly for Alfonso II d'Este (d. 1597)). Gilt and gauffered edges. 2 ribbon ties, missing. Pencil inscription attributing binding to: "A French bookseller and
Provenance
Este family (possibly Alfonso II d'Este (d. 1597), see Fumagalli, L'arte della legatura alla corte degli Estensi, a Ferrara e a Modena, dal sec. XV al XIX, no. 14 and pl. XX), armorial binding; Richard Heber (1773-1833), Bibliotheca Heberiana stamp (front
Classification
Century
Department