Giovanni Battista Ferrari
De Florum Cultura Libri IV

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Author Giovanni Battista Ferrari(Italian, 1583–1655)Italian, 1583–1655

PublisherPublished by Stephanus Paulinus, Rome

CultureItalian

Titles

De Florum Cultura Libri IV

Date1633

MediumBook with Morocco leather binding

DimensionsClosed: 9 1/4 × 6 7/8 x 1 11/16 in. (23.5 × 17.4 x 4.3 cm)
Open: 9 1/4 × 14 9/16 x 1 11/16 in. (23.5 × 37 x 4.3 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2008.8

Non exposé

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

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BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS

ProvenanceWilliam Beckford (author of Vathek) and Bernard Quaritch, with a bookplate of The Hamilton Palace Library (Beckford Collection), stating that this book was purchased by Bernard Quaritch at Sotheby's sale, June 30–July 13, 1882.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Insc. in graphite on front blank: "Talleyrand May 1816"

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