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CAMILLI, Camillo (d. 1615). Imprese illustri di diversi. Venice: Francesco Ziletti, 1586.
3 parts in one volume, 4o (208 x 145 mm). 3 engraved titles within woodcut architectural borders, 108 engravings by Giacomo Porro and woodcut initials. (Tiny wormhole in extreme gutter margins at center of volume.) Contemporary Italian gold-tooled vellum, edges gilt (lacking ties). Provenance: acquired from E. P. Goldschmidt, 1963.
FIRST EDITION. The engraver, Giacomo Porro, is cited on the title-page and Camilli pays tribute to him in the decidation: "ho almeno supplito nella nobiltà, & bellezza delle Figure, lequali sono state per la maggior parte intagliate da M. Girolamo Porro, persona che hoggi in questa professione hà pochi pari." A FINE COPY. Brunet I:1514; Mortimer Italian 99.
3 parts in one volume, 4o (208 x 145 mm). 3 engraved titles within woodcut architectural borders, 108 engravings by Giacomo Porro and woodcut initials. (Tiny wormhole in extreme gutter margins at center of volume.) Contemporary Italian gold-tooled vellum, edges gilt (lacking ties). Provenance: acquired from E. P. Goldschmidt, 1963.
FIRST EDITION. The engraver, Giacomo Porro, is cited on the title-page and Camilli pays tribute to him in the decidation: "ho almeno supplito nella nobiltà, & bellezza delle Figure, lequali sono state per la maggior parte intagliate da M. Girolamo Porro, persona che hoggi in questa professione hà pochi pari." A FINE COPY. Brunet I:1514; Mortimer Italian 99.