Accession number
PML 125242.1
Creator
Asinari, Federigo, conte di Camerano, 1527-1575.
Published
A Paris : Chez Pierre Cheuillot ..., 1587.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1988-9.
Notes
Apparently not Gismonda and not by Tasso, apparently Il Tancredi by F. Asinari ; cf. CUBUGLAD67137035B.
Description
[8], 40 leaves ; 17 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
"Cito acescit luce[?] priese [?] in alienis malis / Maiestas convenit Ipsa deo / Costet" [latter half is a quote from Ovid, Fastorum Liber Primus, first half is unidentified] inscription on first flyleaf. "Nescio quid sit amor, nec amo nec amor, nec [?] [amavi] sed stio si quis[quis] amat [?]itur [tangitur] Igne gravi / Costet" inscription on verso of lower flyleaf. Some underscoring throughout first half of text.
Provenance
"Costet" inscription on upper and lower flyleaves. From the library of the Ramey family (16th-cent. France).
Binding
Text block sewn on three single supports (alum-tawed skin); lacks cover (uncovered); sewing structure visible.
Classification
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