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SEGARO, Giuseppe. Dell' Idea dello Scrivere di Giuseppe Segaro Genovese Intagliata per lo molto Reverendo D. Epifanio dal Fiano Vallombrosano, priore dello Santo Spirito di Firenze. Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1624.
Oblong 2° (270 x 350mm.). 47 engraved plates including title, and additional printed title within engraved border. (Engraved title and final leaf stained, marginal tears repaired and laid down, marginal waterstain on ff.2 and 3). Modern calf.
EXTREMELY RARE, no copy with 47 leaves seems to be recorded. Bonacini 1675 records only the Kunstbibliothek Berlin copy with 27 leaves; Marzoli 22 describes only 44 leaves stating 'Segaro's book is a magnificent and important work in that it represents a rare example of transitional calligraphy and decoration embracing the latter part of the XVI and early XVII centuries'.
Oblong 2° (270 x 350mm.). 47 engraved plates including title, and additional printed title within engraved border. (Engraved title and final leaf stained, marginal tears repaired and laid down, marginal waterstain on ff.2 and 3). Modern calf.
EXTREMELY RARE, no copy with 47 leaves seems to be recorded. Bonacini 1675 records only the Kunstbibliothek Berlin copy with 27 leaves; Marzoli 22 describes only 44 leaves stating 'Segaro's book is a magnificent and important work in that it represents a rare example of transitional calligraphy and decoration embracing the latter part of the XVI and early XVII centuries'.