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ARFE Y VILLAFAÑE, Juan de (1535-1603). Quilatador de la plata, oro y piedras. Valladolid: Alonso and Diego Fernandez de Cordoba, 1572. 4° (179 x 129mm). Large woodcut armorial of the Cardinal Bishop of Siguenza on title, woodcut illustrations, ornamental initials. (Lower margin of first quire repaired just touching a few letters, minor repaired tears in a few leaves.) Contemporary ?Spanish black blind-tooled sheep, sides preserved in deep purple crushed morocco by Brugalla, 1945, gilt supralibros edges, spine lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: bought from Antonio López, 1944.
FIRST EDITION of a practical and theoretical work intended for artists and artisans on metallurgy, assaying, minting, and working gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other precious stones. Arfe was a goldsmith, sculptor, designer, assayer of the mint at Segovia, and an important figure in the development of the 'Plateresque'. The woodcuts illustrate weights and measures, marks, smelting and other processes. Adams A-2004; Brunet V, 1223; Salva II, 2553; Palau I, 16053.
FIRST EDITION of a practical and theoretical work intended for artists and artisans on metallurgy, assaying, minting, and working gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other precious stones. Arfe was a goldsmith, sculptor, designer, assayer of the mint at Segovia, and an important figure in the development of the 'Plateresque'. The woodcuts illustrate weights and measures, marks, smelting and other processes. Adams A-2004; Brunet V, 1223; Salva II, 2553; Palau I, 16053.