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Libro della vita civile

Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Author: Matteo Palmieri (Italian, 1405–1475)
Printer: Heirs of Filippo Giunta (Italian, after 1517)
1529
Place of Publication: Florence, Italy

Medium/Technique Printed book with decorative woodcut title border
Dimensions Overall: 15.8 x 11 x 1.7 cm (6 1/4 x 4 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of James W. Mavor, Jr.
Accession Number1986.866
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Florence: heirs of Filippo Giunta, 1529

Catalogue Raisonné British Museum, STC Italian, p. 486
Description[Florence: heirs of Filippo Giunta, 1529] Octavo; 99 leaves; half vellum (gilt-stamped black label on spine), decorative pastepaper boards.

Decorative woodcut title border with owls and tendrils.
ProvenanceEdward Davenport (bookplate); Anna C. Hoyt (Mavor), Boston; her stepson James W. Mavor, Jr., by whom given to MFA, December 17, 1986.