Title: RB Nich.Ms. 22
Authors: Boccaccio, Giovanni
Abstract: A copy, on paper in littera humanistica cursiva, of Boccacio's little known dictionary of the mountains, forests, rivers, etc. of the world in his time. The copy was completed in 1457. The volume was once in the collections of the Librarian of the Chetham School, Manchester, J.H. Hindley (d. 1827), of John Lee (d. 1866), and Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart.
Description: Description: [161] leaves, bound : manuscript ; 215 x 145 mm.
Note: Script is littera humanistica cursiva.
Binding: calf over boards, covers with panel of stylized florets in blind, spine with title in gilt and top half removed.
Sinclair 120.
Ownership: John Haddon Hindley, d.1827; John Lee, d.1866; Sir Charles Nicholson.
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