Margherita Durastanti’s colleagues, in particular the castrato Gaetano Berenstadt, were collectors of old book in their time – I guess they conceived “old” to be medieval or older, but any way old book collecting nowadays can give as an insight into what was read in the early modern period. HENCE, I AM SHARING THIS INTERESTING BLOG ABOUT OLD BOOKS :
Here is an updated list of my old books collection. It is a part of my Cabinet of curiosities. 16th – 17th centuries [Iustiniani Augusti] Digestorum sev pandectarum (Pars qvarta [liber XX – XXVII]), De Pignoribvs et hypothecis, Cum Priuilegio Regis, Lvgdvni [London], Apud Gulielmu Rouillium, 1581. My oldest book is volume four (books 20 to […]
Old Books (updated) — Clodjee’s Safe-House
Margherita Durastanti and her era 