Accession number
PML 197717
Creator
Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547.
Published
In Firenze : Impresse per Lorenzo Torrentino, ad instantia di M. Carlo Gualteruzzi, 1549.
Description
[8], 224, [51] pages ; 23 cm (4to)
Notes
A few copies of this edition were issued with a regular t.p. (title on recto: Le prose del Bembo. [Medici arms] In Fiorenza, Appresso Lorenzo Torrentino stampator dvcale MDXLVIII. Con priuilegio di Papa Paolo III & Carlo v. Imp. & del Duca di Fiorenza: on
Binding
Brown calf ca. 1565, gilt centerpiece and corner design with marbled calf in a center medallion, some strapwork painted gray, black and red (some portions restored?), semé tooling on spine and covers, all edges gilt. Attributed to Grolier's Last Binder i
Provenance
Charles d'Orléans-Rothelin ( signature on title and armorial bookplate); Giovanni Marchetti (armorial bookplate); Maurice Burrus (bookplate, his sale 17 October 2017, lot 6).
Catalog link
Classification
Department