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<dl><dd>Ferdinando's arms on t.p.; initials, head- and tail-pieces</dd>
<dd>First 2 leaves of "Sonetti del medesimo m. Giovanni Cervoni al serenissimo gran dvca di Toscana" (p. [113]-[116]) are cancels</dd>
<dd>Title page verso (p. [2]), p. [116], [139]-[140] blank</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-G H(±H1,2) I</dd>
<dd>Library's copies lack final blank leaf. In c. 2 the cancel bifolium with H1 and H2 is loosely inserted, with a date inscribed in brown ink above the tail-piece on H2r</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 1: later marbled paper, half mottled sheepskin. Page edges blue. Copy 2: modern tan paper, printed with Latin rotunda in black (Luke I, 34ff.) with occasional printed rubrication</dd>
<dd>In c. 1 there is a stamp in red ink at right of coat of arms on t.p., consisting of the initials GLP within an oval. At foot of t.p. is the ownership inscription of Francesco Taroni Accolti, with the price 3-10</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Ferdinando I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609; Visits of state; Emblems</div>
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Cervoni, Giovanni, b. 1508</div>
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