Item Info

Language: Latin
Folio Number: Inside front cover
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Catalog entries and a note written in the hand of the manuscript's last private owner, John Frederick Lewis, identify this book as coming from the library of Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374), a humanist scholar who left his library to the Church of St. Marco in Venice in 1362. Unfortunately, much of the library was dispersed and lost. In 1635, a bookplate was added to books believed to be from Petrarch's library as evidence of their provenance. It is not clear how this manuscript acquired the bookplate, but it is now certain that it was not among Petrarch's book collection.

The print that was pasted onto the inside of the cover is an engraving by Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-ca. 1607), a Dutch Renaissance architect and engineer.

Notes: Pasted catalog entries and an architectural print
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1610732
Country: Country:Italy

Image Dimensions Width: 225 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 53