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<dl><dd>Imprint and date from colphon (C8r)</dd>
<dd>Date appears on the title page in Roman numerals</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-Ćı</dd>
<dd>Woodcut title page vignette; initial</dd>
<dd>Not found in BM, Essling, or Mortimer</dd>
<dd>Murray, C.F. List of printed books (1907)</dd>
<dd>Sander</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in vellum panelled in gilt with an unidentified gilt stamp showing the letter "R" under the coronet of a marquess on both covers. The title is stamped in gilt, on a red leather label, along the length of the spine. A green bookseller's label (Il Polifilo via Borgonuovo a Milano) is present on the front pastedown. The ink stamp of the Royal Society, denoting the book as a gift of Henry Howard, is present on the title page: "Soc. Reg. Lond. ex dono Henr. Howard Norfolciensis." Two early inscriptions are present on the verso of leaf C8. The first, signed by Eleonor Palmer, reads: "feare god and comfort will folow." The second, in an unsigned secretary hand: "Thynk and thank."</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Verini, Giovanni Battista, active 1526</dd>
<dd>Bindoni, Agostino, active 1523-1558, printer</dd>
<dd>Norfolk, Henry Howard, Duke of, 1628-1684, former owner</dd>
<dd>Palmer, Eleonor, former owner</dd>
<dd>Royal Society (Great Britain), former owner</dd></dl></div>
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