(Q8823)
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Italian literature--16th century
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[1600?]
17. century
1600
1600
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Extent: 85 leaves : paper ; 211 x 153 (225 x 205) mm bound to 222 x 161 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
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Generally in good condition. Cover wearing and splitting at hinges. Some evidence of worm damage, especially on inside lower cover.
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Ms. codex.
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Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 85 + i (contemporary paper); [1-85]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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Layout: Written in 14 lines of verse.
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Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
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Binding: Contemporary Italian gilt morocco with gauffered page edges. Lower cover has a medallion with a red fleur-de-lis design. Upper cover medallion also had a design but it has largely been worn away; it appears to have included an animal and a book.
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Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1600 (Zacour-Hirsch). Notes of Neda Westlake (on file in Library) suggest ca. 1580.
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Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1955.
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Formerly owned by Henry Chandon de Briailles (bookplates, inside upper cover).
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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