Accession number:
PML 3983
Published:
[Venice], [approximately 1585].
Notes:
Covers probably originally on a Dogale (ducal commission), removed from book block prior to Morgan purchase. 16th-century Venetian red morocco with sunk panels, gold-tooled and painted; on the upper cover the lion of St. Mark stamped in gold; on lower cover in center of same design, an unidentified coat of arms, damaged (red cross with 1st and 4th in gold). 4 silk ties.
Provenance:
Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Ferdinando Ongania (with large group of Venetian bindings, see PML 19347 and MS M.543), 1912.
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