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CAMPO, Antonio (d. ca 1591). Cremona Fedelissima Citta et Nobilissima Colonia. Cremona: Hippolito Tromba, & Hercoliano Bartoli, 1585.
2o (409 x 264 mm). Engraved title with engraved medallion portrait of Philip II of Spain on verso, full-page illustration of Cremona personified, illustration of the Carroccio of Cremona, folding plan of Cremona after David de Laude on 3 joined sheets, double-page map of Cremona, one folding plate of Cremona Cathedral with four of the tower and baptistry printed on verso, 34 medallion portraits in the text (33 engraved, one a woodcut) many by Agostino Carracci; woodcut historiated initials and ornamental borders throughout (lacking errata 2t2, title and a few leaves with minor marginal dampstains, some light toning.) 18th-century Italian red morocco gilt (rebacked with original spine laid down). Provenance: acquired from George Staack, 1962.
FIRST EDITION of this important history of Cremona. The portraits are principally of the Dukes of Cremona and the Dukes and Duchesses of Milan, and many of the accompanying letterpress descriptions include a note as to the source of the image, including on page 104 a now lost portrait of Massimiliano of Milan BY LEONARDO DA VINCI, then 'in casa di Francesco Melcio gentil'huomo Milanese'. The present copy has the corrected states of the city map and the address to the Consiglieri (in 56 lines), and an imperfectly masked re-print of the portrait of Philip II on O4v. The engravings by Carracci include the chariot and the portraits taken from models in Paolo Giovio's museum (Bohlin, Prints and Drawings by the Carracci family, 1979, nos. 56-92). The colophon, dedication and Campo's address to the Consiglieri are all dated 1585, however the printed date on the title-page appears to have been 1582, later corrected to 1585, rendering the last figure illegible. Adams C-489; Brunet I:1526: "fort rare ... les curieux le recherchent surtout ' cause des gravures d'Augustin Carrache dont elle est ornie"; Cicognara 3977; Mortimer Italian 100.
2o (409 x 264 mm). Engraved title with engraved medallion portrait of Philip II of Spain on verso, full-page illustration of Cremona personified, illustration of the Carroccio of Cremona, folding plan of Cremona after David de Laude on 3 joined sheets, double-page map of Cremona, one folding plate of Cremona Cathedral with four of the tower and baptistry printed on verso, 34 medallion portraits in the text (33 engraved, one a woodcut) many by Agostino Carracci; woodcut historiated initials and ornamental borders throughout (lacking errata 2t2, title and a few leaves with minor marginal dampstains, some light toning.) 18th-century Italian red morocco gilt (rebacked with original spine laid down). Provenance: acquired from George Staack, 1962.
FIRST EDITION of this important history of Cremona. The portraits are principally of the Dukes of Cremona and the Dukes and Duchesses of Milan, and many of the accompanying letterpress descriptions include a note as to the source of the image, including on page 104 a now lost portrait of Massimiliano of Milan BY LEONARDO DA VINCI, then 'in casa di Francesco Melcio gentil'huomo Milanese'. The present copy has the corrected states of the city map and the address to the Consiglieri (in 56 lines), and an imperfectly masked re-print of the portrait of Philip II on O4v. The engravings by Carracci include the chariot and the portraits taken from models in Paolo Giovio's museum (Bohlin, Prints and Drawings by the Carracci family, 1979, nos. 56-92). The colophon, dedication and Campo's address to the Consiglieri are all dated 1585, however the printed date on the title-page appears to have been 1582, later corrected to 1585, rendering the last figure illegible. Adams C-489; Brunet I:1526: "fort rare ... les curieux le recherchent surtout ' cause des gravures d'Augustin Carrache dont elle est ornie"; Cicognara 3977; Mortimer Italian 100.