![PITTONI, Battista (1520-1583) and DOLCE, Lodovico (1508-1568). Imprese di diversi prencipi, duchi, signori e d'altri personaggi et huomini letterati et illustri. Venice: [n.p., dedication dated 1562].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CKS/2014_CKS_01584_0145_000(pittoni_battista_and_dolce_lodovico_imprese_di_diversi_prencipi_duchi042017).jpg?w=1)
Details
PITTONI, Battista (1520-1583) and DOLCE, Lodovico (1508-1568). Imprese di diversi prencipi, duchi, signori e d'altri personaggi et huomini letterati et illustri. Venice: [n.p., dedication dated 1562].
Oblong 8° (155 x 220mm). Engraved title, dedicatory emblem to Alfonso II Duke of Ferrara and 49 (of 52) emblems and 50 (of 52) caption leaves with stanzas by Dolce within Renaissance borders. (Occasional soiling and spotting, one leaf remargined.) Contemporary limp vellum (some soiling and staining, front cover lightly bowed, lacking ties.) Provenance: Monteventi Bolognese (ownership inscription) -- A.H. Bright (booklabel).
THE FIRST COLLECTION OF DEVICES IN OBLONG FORMAT. Executed by the painter Battista Pittoni, with many designs copied after Andrea Schiavone. All early editions are RARE on the market with only few copies recorded on ABPC/AE online. Landwehr Romanic, 604.
Oblong 8° (155 x 220mm). Engraved title, dedicatory emblem to Alfonso II Duke of Ferrara and 49 (of 52) emblems and 50 (of 52) caption leaves with stanzas by Dolce within Renaissance borders. (Occasional soiling and spotting, one leaf remargined.) Contemporary limp vellum (some soiling and staining, front cover lightly bowed, lacking ties.) Provenance: Monteventi Bolognese (ownership inscription) -- A.H. Bright (booklabel).
THE FIRST COLLECTION OF DEVICES IN OBLONG FORMAT. Executed by the painter Battista Pittoni, with many designs copied after Andrea Schiavone. All early editions are RARE on the market with only few copies recorded on ABPC/AE online. Landwehr Romanic, 604.
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Eugenio Donadoni