'Nicolai Caputi medici Lyciensis Tractatus de Tarantula ... d. Nicolao Cirillo dicatus': a dissertation on the Tarantula spider, written in or soon after 1734 in Italy
With illustrations, including one of the author, an Italian sonnet (p. xxxi), and two letters between the author and Jacobus de Amicis (p. 133).
The preface is dated Jan. 3, 1734.
The volume bears the armorial bookplate of Frederick North earl of Guilford (d. 1827).
Dates
- Creation: written in or soon after 1734 in Italy
Extent
200 pages
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 123
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21697
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
9 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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