Petri Bembi cardinalis viri clariss. Rerum Venetarum historiae libri XII..
Bembo, Pietro,1470-1547.
Kay, Arthur,1861-1939,former owner.StEdNL RB.m.508
Bothwell, Adam,Bishop of Orkney,1526-1593,former owner.StEdNL RB.m.508
Sinclair, Henry,1508-1565,former owner.StEdNL RB.m.508
Sinclair, William,former owner.StEdNL RB.m.508
Huysaen, Johann,17th century,former owner.StEdNL: Nha.B188
Lutetiae [Paris] : Ex officina Michaëlis Vascosani, uia Iacobaea ad insigne fontis.,
M. D. LI. [1551]
Leaves 6, c6, and Qq8 are blank. - No actual punctuation after "Lutetiae"
Includes index.
The front pastedown has a bookplate designed by Kate Cameron featuring the initials A.K. An inscription in pencil above this states "from the library of Arthur Kay". A manuscript inscription on the recto of the first front flyleaf reads "This is the best edition of this book". The same hand[?] inscribes this phrase in Latin at the head of the second front flyleaf. An inscription below this in a different hand reads "This is the best edition of this celebrated author and has the autograph of Adam Bishop of Orkney it appeared also to have belonged to some of the Caithness family -- 1792". A pencil inscription below this reads "Adam Bothwell Bishop of Orkney 1565-1568 was [?????] for marrying Mary Queen of Scots to the Earl of Bothwell". A pencil inscription in a different hand below this reads "At the end of this book are rare autographs of Henry Sinclair Deacanus Glasguensis + his heir 'W. Sinclair of Roslin, Knecht' See my other books with these autographs". An inscription on the title page in another hand reads "Adamus Episcopus Orchaden[sis]". An inscription on the recto of leaf ii reads "W Santclair of roislin knecht". This same inscription also appears on the verso of leaf 311. Above this inscription in a different hand is inscribed " Hen. Sinclar".
Inscription on the title page "Ex bibliotheca Joh: huysaen (?)" in an apparently 17th-century hand. Marginalia and underlinings throughout the volume.