Accession number:
PML 127530
Published:
Antwerp : ex Officina Plantiniana. Balth. Moretus. Widow of Joh. Moretus. & Joh. Meursius, 1627.
Description:
4 ff., 512 p., 2 ff. : ill., music ; 36 cm.
Notes:
In 2 columns, printed in red and black; pages surrounded by black double rules with double rules between columns and two-color historiated initials.
The azured lozenge, prominently displayed in the design, is the device of Guilio Rospigliosi (Clement IX, 1667-1669).
HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Binding:
Bound in Rome by Gregorio Andreoli, ca. 1667-69 in reddish-brown morocco over paste-boards, covers decorated in a post-fanfare design and divided into irregularly shaped compartments formed by broad bands enamelled in black, the compartments are filled with leaves, arabesques, and fans composed with four tools; in center of both covers is a large escutcheon surrounded by a dentelle and surmounted by a tasseled cardinal's hat; the escutcheon on the front cover contains unidentified arms, the lower cover escutcheon has been overlaid with the arms of a subsequent owner stamped in gilt on a superimposed shaped red morocco piece; housed in slipcase.
Provenance:
Arms of an unidentified prelate (cardinal?) in central shield; arms of an unidentified prelate (cardinal?) affixed to inner front cover; H. Harvey Frost ticket (Kelmscott Press); John Roland Abbey; A. G. Thomas; leather heraldic label of unidentified British peer; B. H. Breslauer.
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