[Half-t., t.p., dedic.] - Al Lettore - [Text and pl.].
Responsibility Note
The work is dedicated by the Ambrosiana to the city of Antwerp.
Summary Note
A note on the unnumbered page preceding the main text states that the book was published 'A spese dell'Ambrosiana.'
The three folding plates are facsimiles of letters by Jan Bruegel and others.
Provenance
The verso of the front loose endpaper is inscribed in pencil, 'S.A.H', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, purple cloth-covered boards; gilt-decorated spine, black and red morocco spine-labels lettered 'Crivelli - Brueghel Lettere E Quadretti Milano. 1868.', spine lettered 'R.A.'
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