![MANNI, Giovanni Battista. (1606-1682) Varii e veri ritratti della morte. Milan: Agnelli, 1671. Engraved frontispiece and 29 plates. [Bound with:] La prigione eternal dell'inferno. Milan: Agnelli, 1670. Engraved frontispiece and 23 plates. [and:] Il tribunale intolerabile di Dio giudicante. Milan: Agnelli, 1695. Engraved frontispiece and 13 plates. [and:] Ritratti della Gloria del Paradiso. Milan: Agnelli, 1673. 12 engraved plates. [and:] [NIEREMBERG, Juan Eusebio] (1595-1658). Considerationi importantissime Sopra La Gloria Del Paradiso. [Milan: Agnelli, 1675].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/CKS/2017_CKS_14298_0123_000(manni_giovanni_battista_varii_e_veri_ritratti_della_morte_milan_agnell042727).jpg?w=1)
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MANNI, Giovanni Battista. (1606-1682) Varii e veri ritratti della morte. Milan: Agnelli, 1671. Engraved frontispiece and 29 plates. [Bound with:] La prigione eternal dell'inferno. Milan: Agnelli, 1670. Engraved frontispiece and 23 plates. [and:] Il tribunale intolerabile di Dio giudicante. Milan: Agnelli, 1695. Engraved frontispiece and 13 plates. [and:] Ritratti della Gloria del Paradiso. Milan: Agnelli, 1673. 12 engraved plates. [and:] [NIEREMBERG, Juan Eusebio] (1595-1658). Considerationi importantissime Sopra La Gloria Del Paradiso. [Milan: Agnelli, 1675].
5 works in one volume, 8° (160 x 105mm). (Some light spotting and occasional finger soiling, a few plates shaved top margin affecting a few titles.) Later vellum, gilt lettering piece (small dampstains to covers). Provenance: ‘Pte Gulielmo Maria Mangiariij di Tavira’ (inscription in a 17th century Portuguese hand to first title verso, with an 18th-century inscription beneath).
Rare and richly illustrated works, with numerous engravings in the ‘dance of death’ tradition. The first three works share the same frontispiece. Vinciana, Autori Italiani del’600 4789, 4791, 4790.
5 works in one volume, 8° (160 x 105mm). (Some light spotting and occasional finger soiling, a few plates shaved top margin affecting a few titles.) Later vellum, gilt lettering piece (small dampstains to covers). Provenance: ‘Pte Gulielmo Maria Mangiariij di Tavira’ (inscription in a 17th century Portuguese hand to first title verso, with an 18th-century inscription beneath).
Rare and richly illustrated works, with numerous engravings in the ‘dance of death’ tradition. The first three works share the same frontispiece. Vinciana, Autori Italiani del’600 4789, 4791, 4790.
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