Mores Italiae

Description

Title: Mores Italiae
Published / Created: 1575.
Publication Place: Venice
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of an album of 105 water-color drawings of Italian costumes and scenes of daily life (some with titles), including two maps of Venice
Description: In Italian.
Drawings mounted, framed by narrow gold strips.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Red, straight-grained goatskin, gold-tooled, with light blue, watered silk doublures and flyleaves. Possibly bound by one of the Bozerians (Paris, 1793-1817), but the foot of the spine where their signature usually appears was destroyed in rebacking. Gilt edges.
Provenance: Given to Yale in 1955 by Mrs. Bernard F. Gimbel.
Extent: ff. 105 : 280 x 218 (drawings: 185 x 130) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Drawings (visual works) Italy 16th century
Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Venice (Italy)
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Description and travel
History
Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Venice (Italy) > Description and travel
Venice (Italy) > History > 1508-1797
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Mores Italiae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.