Extent: 30 leaves : paper ; 203 x 147 (153 x 88) mm bound to 208 x 149 mm
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch). Spine title: Bembo. Sonetti e poesie di vari autori. Pagination: Paper, i (18th-century[?] paper) + 30 + i (18th-century[?] paper); 1-15, 15-59; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners. Script: Written in a humanistic script by a single hand. The few corrections (e.g., p. 4) might be in the same hand or a similar second hand. Binding: 18th-century[?] half-leather, with marbled paper over boards. Spine label has a gold crown with the letters "F. S.", probably indicating Libreria F. Strozzi. Some leaves stained. A few leaves show signs of repairs to the corners. Cover wearing at edges; wearing and beginning to split at outside hinges. Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1550 (Zacour-Hirsch). Formerly owned by Libreria Strozzi (gilt stamp, spine). Purchased, 1960.
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