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CARTARI, Vincenzo (c.1531-1569). Imagines deorum. Lyon: G. Jullieron for B. Honorat, 1581. 4° (216 x 156mm). Woodcut portrait and 88 illustrations. (Occasional light spotting.) Burgundy morocco by Brugalla, gilt supralibros within blind arabesque, gilt spine lettering, edges and turn-ins. Provenance: Fr. Sebastian (early title inscription and occasional marginalia) -- purchased from José Porter, 1952, and rebound.
FIRST EDITION of this richly-illustrated Latin translation, first published in Italian without illustration in 1556. Cartari's work was intended primarily as a mythological manual for artists; its popularity endured through the 17th century. The woodcuts are free copies of those by Zaltieri in the 1571 Venice edition. Mortimer, Harvard French 129.
FIRST EDITION of this richly-illustrated Latin translation, first published in Italian without illustration in 1556. Cartari's work was intended primarily as a mythological manual for artists; its popularity endured through the 17th century. The woodcuts are free copies of those by Zaltieri in the 1571 Venice edition. Mortimer, Harvard French 129.