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¶ Verdizotti — Cento favole bellisime (1577)

October 25, 2017

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Verdizotti, Giovanni Mario. Cento favole bellissime de’ piu illustri antichi e moderni autore Greci e Latini. Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1577.

Note by Dorothy Walker on flyleaf: “Bought at the sale of books from Kelmscott Manor 1939.” However, it seems not to appear in the 1939 auction catalogues after Mary Lobb’s death.

Provenance: Morris. — Jane Morris. — May Morris. — Mary Lobb. — Lobb sale, 1939 (?). — Dorothy Walker (purchased at sale). — Elizabeth de Haas. — Emery Walker House.

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 757 (with three X’s beside the title).

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Photographed by WSP at Emery Walker House

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¶ Guevara — Familiar epistles (1577)

May 31, 2016

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Guevara, Antonio de. The familiar epistles of Sir Anthonie of Guevara. Trans. Edward Hellowes. London: [printed by Henry Middleton for] Ralph Newberrie, 1577.

Provenance: C. Basil Smith. — Morris. — Robert Aynsworth. — George Ramsden. — Nicolas Kershawe. — Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas (PQ 6398 G8 A413 1577).

Reference: ESTC (S103497).

Digital version: EEBO.

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