Accession number:
PML 15434
Published:
Basileae : Apud Mich. Isingrinium, M.D.XLI [1541].
Description:
[20], 260 leaves ; 33 cm (fol)
Binding:
16th-century Italian (Rome) brown morocco gold tooled with interlace border, foliate ornaments and veritcal medallion at center with Apollo & Pegasus, attributed by Anthony Hobson to Marcantonio Guillery; Nixon attributed to the Farnese Binder. No pastedowns, with manuscript waste visible as spine support.
Provenance:
The Apollo & Pegasus bindings were previously thought to belong to Demetrio Carnevari or Per Luigi Farnese. Giovanni Battista Grimaldi (b. about 1524), binding (see Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus, pp. 49ff); Librairie Damascene Morgand (Rahir et Cie.), no. 30458; Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Rahir, 1907.
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