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MALVASIA, Carlo Cesare (1616-1693). Felsina pittrice. Vite de pittori bolognesi. Bologna, heir of Domenico Barbieri, 1678. 2 volumes, 4° (222 x 163mm). 43 woodcut medallion portraits within leafy wreaths, a few left blank, several full-page illustrations including details of the Caracci's paintings, their family tree and the tomb of Elisabetta Sirani, large emblematical representation of the city of Bologna repeated several times and several other smaller woodcut emblematical illustrations in the text, half-title in vol.I and final errata leaf in vol.II (vol.I lacks final blank, a little spotting in vol.II). Contemporary Italian vellum.
FIRST EDITION of Malvasia's comprehensive work on Bolognese painters from the twelfth century to the death of Elisabetta Sirani in 1665. Particular valuable for containing the first biographies of the Caracci and Guido Reni, its importance also lies in its catalogue raisonné of the paintings and prints of many of the artists, and not least in its four comprehensive indexes. Cicognara 2310. (2)
FIRST EDITION of Malvasia's comprehensive work on Bolognese painters from the twelfth century to the death of Elisabetta Sirani in 1665. Particular valuable for containing the first biographies of the Caracci and Guido Reni, its importance also lies in its catalogue raisonné of the paintings and prints of many of the artists, and not least in its four comprehensive indexes. Cicognara 2310. (2)
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