Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Baretti, Giuseppe Marco Antonio, 1719-1789
Title:
The Italian library : containing an account of the lives and works of the most valuable authors of Italy, with a preface, exhibiting the changes of the Tuscan language, from the barbarous ages to the present time / by Giuseppe Baretti.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for A. Millar ..., 1757.
Physical Description:
[2], xciv, [2], 343, [27] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Z2352 B24

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIR X625 A757: Stamp: City Library, King Street, Cheapside.

BAC : Title vignette.

BEIN 2000 2315: Bookplate: R.W. Chapman. Presentation inscription from the author to Miss Nanny. Shelf mark[?]: C.7.8. From the library of Herman W. Liebert.

"A history of the Italian tongue": p. i-xciv.

Opening paragraph of the preface attributed to Samuel Johnson.

Errata on p. [1] (3rd count).

Signatures: pi1 a-f⁸ B-2A⁸ [2B]1.

Final p. blank.

Fleeman, J.D. Johnson, 57.2BIL

English short title catalogue, T84748

Includes index.
Subject Terms:
Italian literature -- Bibliography. | Italian language -- History. | Chapman, R. W. (Robert William), 1881–1960 -- Bookplate. | Baretti, Giuseppe Marco Antonio, 1719–1789 -- Presentation inscription to Miss Nanny. | Liebert, Herman W. -- Ownership.
Contributors:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784.