Author
Giovanni Battista FerrariItalian, 1583–1655
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)
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
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
On view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Insc. in graphite on front blank: "Talleyrand May 1816"
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