Bibliography.- Poccianti (Michele) Catalogus scriptorum Florentinorum omnis generis, quorum, et memoria extat atque lucubrationes in literas relatae sunt ad nostra usque tempora, first edition with an excellent provenance, Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1589.

 

Bibliography.- Poccianti (Michele) Catalogus scriptorum Florentinorum omnis generis, quorum, et memoria extat atque lucubrationes in literas relatae sunt ad nostra usque tempora, collation: *², A-L⁸, M⁴, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, errata f. at end, Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1589 bound with Monti (Zaccaria) Vita Kyriaci Strozae. Auctior, collation: A⁴, woodcut Plantin device to title, woodcut head- and tail-piece and decorative initial, Paris, Adrien Périer for the House of Plantin, 1604, together 2 works in 1 vol., blind-stamps at beginning and end, some marginal staining, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, little stained, small 4to (231 x 156mm.)

*** Two rare works with an impeccable provenance.

I: First edition of the first bibliography of Florentine writers and indeed one of the first regional bibliographies.

Literature: Adams P1677; EDIT 16 CNCE 28808.

II: Rare first separate edition of the life of the Greek scholar Ciriaco Strozzi.

Provenance: Zaccaria Monti, author of the second work and nephew of its subject (autograph marginalia and notes on two leaves bound between Poccianti's Catalogus and the Vita Kyriaci Strozae); 'Moreau Mod. Paris' (17th century ink ownership inscription to first title); Theological Institute of Connecticut, East Windsor Hill (now defunct; blind stamps on the first and last three leaves).