Empty 17th century Italian leather binding with Latin text on pastedown, circa 1661

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Summary

Abstract:
Empty 17th century Italian leather binding with Latin text on pastedown.
Extent:
0.92 linear feet (1 oversize box)
Language:
Latin and The collection is in Latin.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Empty 17th century Italian leather binding with Latin text on pastedown, Printers Mss 94. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

17th century Italian binding, measuring 56 x 38 cm. Full brown calf over Beech boards. Tooled in blind with traces of extensive decoration including metal bosses, feet, and Greek-style edge pins, some still attached. Evidence of clasps on top cover. Smooth spine with alum-tawed spine strips reinforced with linen canvas. Shelf mark label "F" on bottom cover. Covers and spine heavily worn and damaged.

Book block missing. Parchment endleaf pastedown inside bottom cover with Latin text in rotunda script. Text in black with red initials. Manuscript dated "24. Apr. 1661." Modern pen marks inside top cover.

Physical location:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Special Research Collections
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Empty 17th century Italian leather binding with Latin text on pastedown, Printers Mss 94. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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