Giovanni Battista Ferrari
De Florum Cultura Libri IV

AuthorItalian, 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)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2008.8
Not on view

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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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