Storia degli antichi popoli italiani
Giuseppe Micali, William Beckford (Former owner), John Clarke (Binder), Henry J. B. Clements (Donor), Roger Gresley (Former owner), Alexander Douglas-Hamilton Hamilton and Brandon (Former owner), Susannah Euphemia Hamilton Hamilton and Brandon (Former owner), William Alexander Anthony Archibald Douglas-Hamilton Hamilton and Brandon, William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton Hamilton and Brandon (Former owner), Hamilton Palace (Hamilton, Strathclyde). Library
Print Book, Italian, 1832
Tipografia all'insegna di Dante, Firenze, 1832
armorial bindings
3 volumes (xvi, 368 pages ; [4], 368 pages ; viii, 269, [3] pages) ; 24 cm (8vo)
1008362962
Half-titles
Issued together with an atlas volume: "Monumenti per servire alla Storia degli antichi popoli italiani."
Library's copy bound in England about 1832 by John Clarke in red morocco. Covers bordered with a gilt fillet (French fillet of three rules) and corner flowers. At the centres of the upper and lower covers is the cartouche armorial stamp of Sir Roger Gresley, 8th bart. Turn-ins and edges tooled with gilt fillets and flowers in the corners. Gold tooled panel back spine with fillets, ornaments and lettering. Back cornered boards; headcaps; headbands; plain yellow endpapers (with blind stamp "Bound by J Clarke"); gilt edges
Octavo format
Wove papers; watermark: "Dom. Magnani & P ... [remainder not seen]."