Machiavelli family quartered with other arms (f. 59). Notes by Paulus Manutius (b. 1512, d. 1574), printer and scholar of Venice (contemporary note, f. 2v, inscription: ‘Pauli Amicorum L(iber)’ (f. 2); the library of the Manutius family dispersed after the
part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated initial Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Perhaps entirely by a scribe who wrote three other manuscripts for the Erizzo family of Venice. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pseudo-Cicero, and others Italy Italy, N.E. (Venice)
4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
31 May 1855, lot 2257/1 (f. 17v); lot purchased for £3 3s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Alivse I Mocenigo Giorgio Colonna Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)
d. 1845), diplomatist: his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258*/4 (f. 18v); lot purchased for £2 8s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Doge's Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)