LOT:334 | Utopias & imaginary heavens & hells.- Doni (Anton Francesco) Mondi Celesti, Terrestri et Infernali, de gli Academici Pellegrini..., Venice, Domenico Fa

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Utopias & imaginary heavens & hells.- Doni (Anton Francesco) Mondi Celesti, Terrestri et Infernali, de gli Academici Pellegrini..., Venice, Domenico Farri, 1567.

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Utopias & imaginary heavens & hells.- Doni (Anton Francesco) Mondi Celesti, Terrestri et Infernali, de gli Academici Pellegrini..., collation: a⁸ A-Z Aa-Dd⁸, italic type, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut portrait of the author and historiated initials, final f. blank, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, lightly soiled, Venice, Domenico Farri, 1567.

⁂ Doni's description of imaginary worlds, heavens and hells, including a utopia influenced by Thomas More.

Literature: Adams D826; Gibson 665; EDIT 16 CNCE 17713.

Provenance: Johann Lerchenfeld (an inscription describing the purchase of this volume, dated Padua, 1569).

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⁂ Doni's description of imaginary worlds, heavens and hells, including a utopia influenced by Thomas More.

Literature: Adams D826; Gibson 665; EDIT 16 CNCE 17713.

Provenance: Johann Lerchenfeld (an inscription describing the purchase of this volume, dated Padua, 1569).

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