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1. Politica
- Creator:
- Calderia, Giovanni
- Published / Created:
- [between 1750 and 1800]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 715
- Image Count:
- 103
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a facsimile of Iohannes Calderia (Giovanni Calderia, 15th century), member of a Venetian family, Politica (De praestantia Venetae politiae libri V ad Antonium Vinciguerra).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by one hand in Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria., No decoration; the space provided for the initials is not used., Each page consists of two leaves of extremely thin paper pasted together. The paper is now dark brown and brittle (causing loss of text in the lower margins of pp. 1-6). For reasons of conservation the bifolios have now been cut into singletons and these have been encapsulated in transparent Mylar sleeves united in an album., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Kept separately. Marbled brown leather over pasteboard, each cover decorated with a gold-tooled floral border and gold-tooled doublure margin; gold-tooled spine with paper label containing the hand-written number "24068". Marbled paste-downs.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Calderia, Giovanni.
- Subject (Topic):
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Politica
