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RINGHIERI, Innocenzo. Cento giuochi liberali, et d'ingegno, nouellamente da M. Innocentio Ringhieri gentihuomo bolognese ritrovati. Bologna: Anselmo Giaccarelli, 1551.
4o (215 x 162). Large woodcut device on title, smaller one at end. (Lacks final blank, title lightly spotted.) 19th-century Italian black calf in the style of a Renaissance ledger binding, richly tooled in gilt, spine transected by three leather bands with yellow threads, by Niccolo Scatoli. Provenance: Niccolo Scatoli, Siena (signature on pastedown); Fonini Library, Bologna (inkstamp on title); purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 26 December 1960.
FIRST EDITION of one of the most celebrated Renaissance books on courtly intellectual entertainment, dedicated to Cathérine de Médicis and containing chapters on palmistry, chess, hunting, fishing, playing-cards and music. The chapter on painting mentions some thirty artists including Michelangelo, Mantegna, Raphael, Leonardo, Titian and Andrea del Sarto. Adams R-564; Brunet IV:1268; van der Linde Schachlitteratur 2184.
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FIRST EDITION of one of the most celebrated Renaissance books on courtly intellectual entertainment, dedicated to Cathérine de Médicis and containing chapters on palmistry, chess, hunting, fishing, playing-cards and music. The chapter on painting mentions some thirty artists including Michelangelo, Mantegna, Raphael, Leonardo, Titian and Andrea del Sarto. Adams R-564; Brunet IV:1268; van der Linde Schachlitteratur 2184.