The commonwealth and gouernment of Venice

Alternate Title
Commonwealth and government of Venice
Creator
Contarini, Gasparo, 1483-1542
Lewkenor, Lewis, Sir, -1626
Form
books
Date
1599
Language
English
Geographic Subject
Venice (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 697-1508
Venice (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1508-1797
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 697-1508
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1508-1797
Collection
STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
English Renaissance in Context Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Extent
16 unnumbered pages, 230, that is, 232 pages ; 20 cm (4to)
Publisher
Imprinted by Iohn Windet for Edmund Mattes, and are to be sold at his shop ..
Notes
Translation of an Italian translation of De magistratibus et republica Venetorum.
Signatures: [fleuron]⁴ A-2G⁴.
Page numbers between 201 and 210 are misnumbered and some repeated in sequence.
Woodcuts: device, initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Online version available via Colenda
Related works
Facsimile
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, JN5266 .C66 1599
Provenance
Furness, Horace Howard (bookplate)
Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor)
Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor)
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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