Lot 96
Barberino (Andrea da) Documenti d'Amore, first edition, Rome, Vitale Mascardi, 1640.
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Barberino (Andrea da) Documenti d'Amore, first edition, engraved pictorial title by C. Bloemart after A. Camassei, 1 engraved portrait and 14 plates, woodcut ornamental initials and tailpieces, occasional faint off-setting, blind-stamp and later discreet ink-stamp to free endpapers, later vellum, red morocco gilt spine label, small ink number to spine head, [Gamba 97, Landwehr 136, Cicognara 1985], 4to, Rome, Vitale Mascardi, 1640.
⁂ The plates are engraved by Bloemart, G. F. Greuter and Fabia della Cornia, and are after A. and L. Magalotti, C. Massimi, F. Zuccaro and Nicolas Poussin. Barberino later enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a lawyer and privileged citizen.
Provenance: Unidentified blind-stamp ex-libris to front free endpaper, an hourglass with initial R. P. and motto Dammi Tempo.
Description
Barberino (Andrea da) Documenti d'Amore, first edition, engraved pictorial title by C. Bloemart after A. Camassei, 1 engraved portrait and 14 plates, woodcut ornamental initials and tailpieces, occasional faint off-setting, blind-stamp and later discreet ink-stamp to free endpapers, later vellum, red morocco gilt spine label, small ink number to spine head, [Gamba 97, Landwehr 136, Cicognara 1985], 4to, Rome, Vitale Mascardi, 1640.
⁂ The plates are engraved by Bloemart, G. F. Greuter and Fabia della Cornia, and are after A. and L. Magalotti, C. Massimi, F. Zuccaro and Nicolas Poussin. Barberino later enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a lawyer and privileged citizen.
Provenance: Unidentified blind-stamp ex-libris to front free endpaper, an hourglass with initial R. P. and motto Dammi Tempo.
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