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GIAMBOLOGNA -- GRATII, Gratiamaria. Rime, e versi latini...sopra il Ratto delle Sabine. Scolpito in marmo dall'eccellente Giambologna. Florence: Giorgio Marescotti, 1584.
4°. Woodcut device on title, a headpieces depicting the city of Florence on Ar and 2 initials. (A few light stains and spots.) Late 19th-century morocco-backed boards. Provenance: Piero Ginori Conti (bookplate and crowned cypher at foot of spine).
FIRST EDITION of a very rare little book of gratulatory verses on Giambologna's Rape of a Sabine commissioned by the Grand Duke Francesco I and finished in the previous year.
4°. Woodcut device on title, a headpieces depicting the city of Florence on A
FIRST EDITION of a very rare little book of gratulatory verses on Giambologna's Rape of a Sabine commissioned by the Grand Duke Francesco I and finished in the previous year.