Illustration Detail - Sofia

The illustration detail selected from La Carta del Nauegar Pitoresco is a note written on the paste down of the book in the top right corner presumably from the previous owner. It is written in Italian and states "Comprato dei libri del Conte Lazzari esseguito per la vendita in Roma 30 Marzo 1829." A translation of this text would be "Bought from the books of Count Lazzari executed for sale in Rome on the 30 of March 1829." This note on the paste down of the book, while small, gives the reader an amazing detail about the provenance of this book and the hands it has gone through on the venture to its current home in the Special Collections of Tisch Library at Tufts Univeristy. Given the fact that it was previously owned by a person of regal status, there is another element of historical significance added to the book.