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MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475-1564). Rime. Florence: appresso i Giunti, 1623. 4° (210 x 141). Giunta device on title, woodcut initials, type ornaments. Printed overslip on D2v. 19th-century roan-backed green boards (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Padre Vicario dell'Inquisitore (contemporary ownership inscription on title) -- [purchased from E.P. Goldschmidt cat. 139, 1968]. FIRST EDITION of Michelangelo's poems gathered from manuscripts at Rome and Florence, and published posthumously by his nephew with a dedication to Cardinal Barberini. BL STC Italian I, p. 162; Gamba 248.
VASARI, Giorgio (1511-1574). Vita del Gran Michelagnolo Buonarroti. Florence: stamperia de' Giunti, 1568 [colophon dated 1567]. 4° (230 x 157mm). Etched architectural title surround with Medici arms above a view of Florence, woodcut portrait, Giunta device at end. (A little browning.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine. Provenance: erased inscription on title, occasional marginalia in a neat contemporary hand -- [purchased from E.P. Goldschmidt cat. 111, 1957, no. 314]. FIRST SEPARATE ISSUE. An offprint of pp. 717-96 of Le Vite, 1568. With an enclosed letter from Martin Breslauer, dated London, 1957, discussing whether the offprint appeared before completion of the entire edition in 1568. BL STC Italian p. 712; Brunet V, 1097. (2)
VASARI, Giorgio (1511-1574). Vita del Gran Michelagnolo Buonarroti. Florence: stamperia de' Giunti, 1568 [colophon dated 1567]. 4° (230 x 157mm). Etched architectural title surround with Medici arms above a view of Florence, woodcut portrait, Giunta device at end. (A little browning.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine. Provenance: erased inscription on title, occasional marginalia in a neat contemporary hand -- [purchased from E.P. Goldschmidt cat. 111, 1957, no. 314]. FIRST SEPARATE ISSUE. An offprint of pp. 717-96 of Le Vite, 1568. With an enclosed letter from Martin Breslauer, dated London, 1957, discussing whether the offprint appeared before completion of the entire edition in 1568. BL STC Italian p. 712; Brunet V, 1097. (2)
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