Search results

Start typing

This exhibition is in the past. View our current exhibitions.
EMILIO PARISANO (1567-1643)

De Microcosmica Subtilitate

1623

RCIN 1082363

Title-page with engraved anatomical figure of a woman by [Francesco] Valegio and [Caterina] Doino, engraved portrait of the author on C4 by Spirendi Ghirard (1617-1632) after Pietro Mera (1570-1633), woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut rubricated letters. Contemporary binding typical of books bound for Charles II of red goatskin with triple-fillet border to central panel, with cipher of Charles II (a crowned pair of inverted Cs between pair of palm fronds) to each corner, spine in seven compartments, lettered in the second with the rest with the crowned cipher of Charles II, all edges gilt. 


    The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.