Capaccio (Giulio Cesare) Delle Imprese…, 3 parts in 1, first edition, collation: [para]4 a-g4 A-X4; 2A-3O4; 4A-4P4, roman type, titles with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces and numerous illustrations, old ink inscription to title, a couple of small stains and minor marginal repairs, modern half vellum over boards, small device in pen & ink mounted on upper cover, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [EDIT 16 CNCE 9062; Landwehr, Romanic 203; Mortimer, Italian 101], small 4to (199 x 140mm.), Naples, Orazio Salviani for Gio. Giacomo Carlino & Antonio Pace, 1592.
⁂ “The first emblematic item to deal with flora and fauna, published three years before the books by Camerarius”. (Landwehr).
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