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RUSCELLI, Girolamo (ca.1518-1566). Le Imprese illustri. Venice: Francesco Rampazetto, 1566.
3 parts in one volume, 4o (266 x 192 mm). 3 engraved titles, 5 double-page engraved plates, 15 full-page engraved plates, 114 engraved vignettes, numerous woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device at end. (Some faint spotting to a few leaves, last leaves with small marginal wormhole, 2F4 with marginal tear with early repair.) 19th-century red morocco gilt, edges stained red (extremities and joints rubbed, upper hinge cracked). Provenance: acquired from Lathrop C. Harper, 1965.
FIRST EDITION of one of the most beautiful emblem books of the 16th-century, and one of the finest Italian books of the period illustrated with engravings. The work is divided into 3 parts, and dedicated to Philip II. Many great historical figures are treated textually as well as pictorially, including: Philip II, Charles V, Emperor Maximilian II, Catherine de Medici, Pope Clement IV, and John Frederick. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only 3 complete copies have appeared at auction in the last 35 years. Berlin Kat. 4512; Praz, 17th-Century Imagery II, p.145.
3 parts in one volume, 4o (266 x 192 mm). 3 engraved titles, 5 double-page engraved plates, 15 full-page engraved plates, 114 engraved vignettes, numerous woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device at end. (Some faint spotting to a few leaves, last leaves with small marginal wormhole, 2F4 with marginal tear with early repair.) 19th-century red morocco gilt, edges stained red (extremities and joints rubbed, upper hinge cracked). Provenance: acquired from Lathrop C. Harper, 1965.
FIRST EDITION of one of the most beautiful emblem books of the 16th-century, and one of the finest Italian books of the period illustrated with engravings. The work is divided into 3 parts, and dedicated to Philip II. Many great historical figures are treated textually as well as pictorially, including: Philip II, Charles V, Emperor Maximilian II, Catherine de Medici, Pope Clement IV, and John Frederick. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only 3 complete copies have appeared at auction in the last 35 years. Berlin Kat. 4512; Praz, 17th-Century Imagery II, p.145.