Text by Agostino Argenti and Giovanni Battista Pigna; see Melzi

Woodcut printer's device on t.p. Headpieces, initials

Includes indexes

Signatures: A-R S

Il Castello di Gorgofervsa et Il Monte di Feronia, ne' quali si contengono le cose d'arme fatte in Ferrara nel Carneuale del MDLXI -- Il Tempio d'Amore nel qvale si contengono le cose d'arme fatte in Ferrara nelle nozze del dvca Alfonso et della regina Barbara d'Avstria

Melzi, G. Anonime e pseudonime

Binding, c. 1: worn limp vellum. Holes for 2 pairs of ties at foredge. "GORGOFERVSA" written on front cover. "TORNEO" written on top of text block. Copy 2: limp vellum. Title written on spine

On the 1st front free endpaper recto of c. 1 are a brief inscription in ink signed by John Black, and the penciled signatures of C.W. Reynell and Ellis Waterhouse. On the 2nd front free endpaper recto is John Black's 18-line inscription, incorporating a citation from Gibbon referring to the present work. Below it is a note by C.W.R. identifying Black as "the Dr. Black of Cobbett, many years Editor of the Morning Chronicle." The printer's device on the t.p. of c. 1 has been painted with water colors

Inscribed in right margin of t.p. of c. 2 is: Cantate Domine Canticum noum. An owner's inscription by Gio. Paolo Gualtero appears at either side of printer's device

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