BIB_ID
324384
Accession number
MA 8707
Display Date
1880s-1890s.
Credit line
Purchased in 1957.
Description
1 scrapbook ; 31 cm
Notes
Demetrius Canevarius (Demetrio Canevari), chief physician to Pope Urban VII, was a noted bibliophile.
Provenance
Sold by Goldenberg Galleries, Beverly Hills, in the sale of the library of Arthur I. Hoe, May 26 1957, lot 847.
Summary
The compilation includes photographs of bookbindings, copies of documents related to Canevari, correspondence of Hoe and Stockton-Houghton with each other and with specialists and dealers, a manuscript transcription of Canevari's will, and receipts for documents purchased.
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