A Roman presentation binding by Gregorio Andreoli, 1659. Brown goatskin over stiff pasteboards with gilt decoration.
General_Description
A Roman presentation binding by Gregorio Andreoli, 1659. Brown goatskin over stiff pasteboards with gilt decoration.
General Description
Binder:
Andreoli, Gregorio, 17th cent.
Binder
Andreoli, Gregorio, 17th cent.
Binder
Country / Style:
Italy, Rome
Country_Style
Italy, Rome
Country / Style
Period:
1659
Style_Period
1659
Period
Call Number:
ac 180084
Classification
ac 180084
Call Number
Provenance:
The dedication copy to Cardinal Flavio Chigi (1631-1693), nephew of Pope Alexander VII, created cardinal in 1657, Librarian of the Vatican; purchased in 1960 from Morton-Smith, Shalford.
Provenance
The dedication copy to Cardinal Flavio Chigi (1631-1693), nephew of Pope Alexander VII, created cardinal in 1657, Librarian of the Vatican; purchased in 1960 from Morton-Smith, Shalford.
Provenance
Author:
Petricca, Angelo, 17th cent.
Author
Petricca, Angelo, 17th cent.
Author
Title:
De nobilitate eiusque origine, et de recta forma regnandi ad principes laicos, ac de laudabili subitorum obseruantia erga principem, theoremata.
Title
De nobilitate eiusque origine, et de recta forma regnandi ad principes laicos, ac de laudabili subitorum obseruantia erga principem, theoremata.
Sewn on three recessed cords. Pastedowns with two endpapers. Rounded and backed spine. Gilt edges. Gold and pink head- and tailbands worked over cord core. Boards back cornered with mitered corners on turn-ins. Remnants of two textile fore-edge ties.
Technical_Descriptio n
Sewn on three recessed cords. Pastedowns with two endpapers. Rounded and backed spine. Gilt edges. Gold and pink head- and tailbands worked over cord core. Boards back cornered with mitered corners on turn-ins. Remnants of two textile fore-edge ties.
Technical Description
Dimensions:
187 x 121 x 25 mm.
Display_Dimensions
187 x 121 x 25 mm.
Dimensions
Decorative Description:
A double panel design. Outer panel comprises a one-line hatched cat's tooth and floral roll with a two-line fillet border. Inner panel of same cat's tooth roll has small fleurons at angles and the arms of Cardinal Flavio Chigi worked with small tools in the center. The panel is further embellished with a hatched six-pointed star and corner ornaments of volutes and fleurons. A full and half lozenge-shaped fleuron is tooled repeatedly over the smooth spine and is contained by a panel of two rolls, one of which is the cat's tooth.
Decorative_Descripti on
A double panel design. Outer panel comprises a one-line hatched cat's tooth and floral roll with a two-line fillet border. Inner panel of same cat's tooth roll has small fleurons at angles and the arms of Cardinal Flavio Chigi worked with small tools in the center. The panel is further embellished with a hatched six-pointed star and corner ornaments of volutes and fleurons. A full and half lozenge-shaped fleuron is tooled repeatedly over the smooth spine and is contained by a panel of two rolls, one of which is the cat's tooth.
Decorative Description
Other Details:
Attention was first directed to the leading binder's shop in 17th-century Rome in 1953, when it was given the name, "the Rospigliosi Bindery." Mgr. Jose Ruysschaert subsequently identified the binders as Gregorio and Giovanni Andreoli. Their clients included several Popes, as well as Queen Christina of Sweden, by that time living in Rome. The bindery was active from ca. 1630. Gregorio Andreoli was named Vatican Binder for life by Pope Alexander VII (Chigi) in 1665. He died in 1696 and was succeeded by his brother Giovanni, who died in 1699.
Other_Details
Attention was first directed to the leading binder's shop in 17th-century Rome in 1953, when it was given the name, "the Rospigliosi Bindery." Mgr. Jose Ruysschaert subsequently identified the binders as Gregorio and Giovanni Andreoli. Their clients included several Popes, as well as Queen Christina of Sweden, by that time living in Rome. The bindery was active from ca. 1630. Gregorio Andreoli was named Vatican Binder for life by Pope Alexander VII (Chigi) in 1665. He died in 1696 and was succeeded by his brother Giovanni, who died in 1699.
Other Details
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Ties -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Ties -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
Goatskin bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Goatskin bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Gold tooled bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Fillet tools -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Fillet tools -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
Panel-stamped bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Panel-stamped bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Armorial bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Armorial bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
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Leather bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
Literature:
Foot, vol. 1, pp. 326-336; A. Hobson, French and Italian Collectors, pp. xli-xlii, 152-155; Sten G. Lindberg, "Queen Christina Bindings," Analecta Reginensia I. Queen Christina of Sweden Documents and Studies, ed. M. von Platen, Stockholm, 1966, pp. 199-225; Piccarda Quilici, "La Legatoria Romana dal Rinascimento al Barocco," and Jose Ruysschaert, "Le Legature Romane della Regina Cristina," in Legatura Romana Barocca, 1565-1700, Rome, 1991.
References
Foot, vol. 1, pp. 326-336; A. Hobson, French and Italian Collectors, pp. xli-xlii, 152-155; Sten G. Lindberg, "Queen Christina Bindings," Analecta Reginensia I. Queen Christina of Sweden Documents and Studies, ed. M. von Platen, Stockholm, 1966, pp. 199-225; Piccarda Quilici, "La Legatoria Romana dal Rinascimento al Barocco," and Jose Ruysschaert, "Le Legature Romane della Regina Cristina," in Legatura Romana Barocca, 1565-1700, Rome, 1991.
Literature
Literature:
Folger 12:11 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
References
Folger 12:11 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
