Ghirlanda di sei uaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi giardini d'Italia
Subtitle: raccolti
By: da Pietro Paolo Tozzi ; belle lettere, dotte sententie, noui merli, moderne mansioni, leggiadri lauori, vsati numeri ; primo libro
Contributors: Bertozzi, Antonello; Zanella, Sebastiano
Publisher: Alla libraria del Giesv
Published: 1604
Place of publication: In Padoua
Language: ita
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Patterns; Early works to 1800; Embroidery; Penmanship; Calligraphy; Lace and lace making
Other titles: Ghirlanda di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi giardini d'Italia
Notes: The 1st ed., reprinted at Padua in 1616; see Bonacini. The "primo libro" is the only one published.

Plate 24 dated 1604.

First leaf is title. Plates are penmanship models by Antonello Bertozzi or Sebastiano Zanella, within borders consisting of patterns for lace or embroidery.

Bonacini, C.  Arti scrittorie, 1897

Plate 18 of Getty copy has old repair at lower right (ca. 5 x 14.5 cm.); missing portion of image supplied in facsim.

Binding: later gray vellum. "Tozzi" written at head of spine. Slip printed with "266" is mounted at upper left corner of front cover.

Plates in Getty copy bear hand-written numbers from 9 to 50 at upper right-hand corner. They are not in sequence, and apparently derive from an earlier binding.

Centered on front pastedown is bookplate of Adalbert Lanna of Prague (1836-1909), a wood engraving of 1868 by Josef Mánes (1820-1872); see J. Schwencke, Het exlibris in Tsjechoslowakije, p. 27.