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SORBELLONE, Francesco. Informatione a regi, e gran prencipi d'un padiglione da letto di forma quadra à sua proportione, ben composto pretioso, & superbissimo. Milan: Melchior Malatesta, 1625.
4°. 3 folding engraved plates and 2 full-page engraved illustrations. (Lower margins waterstained.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (affected by damp). Provenance: "D. D. A. 21 de Abril de 1626. Este dia lo dio el autor estando viendo la cama en Milan" (inscription on title).
Sorbellone's occupation is described on the title page as "Ricamatore", i.e. embroiderer or silk-maker, in Milan; the Spanish owner of the book records that he obtained it from the author in Milan on the day that he went to see the bed which is described.
4°. 3 folding engraved plates and 2 full-page engraved illustrations. (Lower margins waterstained.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (affected by damp). Provenance: "D. D. A. 21 de Abril de 1626. Este dia lo dio el autor estando viendo la cama en Milan" (inscription on title).
Sorbellone's occupation is described on the title page as "Ricamatore", i.e. embroiderer or silk-maker, in Milan; the Spanish owner of the book records that he obtained it from the author in Milan on the day that he went to see the bed which is described.