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L'Eneida in toscano


Aeneid [Italian]
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Author: Virgil (born in 70 B.C.E.)
Printer: Lorenzo Torrentino (Italian, died in 1563)
1560
Place of Publication: Florence, Italy

Medium/Technique Printed book with woodcut title vignette and woodcut initials
Dimensions Overall: 20.1 x 14.2 x 2.4 cm (7 15/16 x 5 9/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Anna C. Hoyt
Accession Number27.1317
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1560

Catalogue Raisonné British Museum, STC Italian, p. 731
Description(Venice: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1560) Quarto; 134 leaves; old stiff vellum, green cloth box.

Vignette of Medici coat of arms on title; woodcut initials.
ProvenanceOld ownership inscription on title; Tullio Graciani [? inscription on fol. B1r]; Anna C. Hoyt, Boston, by whom given to MFA, December 1927.