Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

De Franchi, Giovanni.

[Ledger of Giovanni de Franchi banking house (Genoa)] [manuscript].

[Genoa], 1638-1648.

188 leaves : paper ; 342 x 247 mm. bound 358 x 255 mm.

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary parchment) + 188 + i (contemporary parchment); versos numbered [i], 2--115, rectos numbered [ii], 2-115; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners, (followed by 72 blank). Leaves laid in at f. 1, 27, 42, 70, 73, 102, and one leaf in unnumbered folios at end; blotting paper at f. 117.

Script: Written in a cursive script by more than one hand.

Binding: Contemporary blind stamped leather with gilt coat of arms and date, 1638; clasp missing.

Origin: Written in Genoa, 1638-1648 (Zacour-Hirsch).

UPenn Ms. Codex 376

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 376