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Venetia : Appresso Giordano Ziletti, 1567-01-01. Hardcover. Good. [24], 438, [2] p. 8vo. 15 cm. Later 3/4 leather binding, with marbled boards. Marbled end pages. Publisher's wood cuts. Harvard/Mortimer Italian 108. Vincenzo Cartari was an important Italian mythographer and Renaissance statesman. His work was written in Italian. An influential work in mythology.

1556 1ed Images of the gods Vincenzo Cartari Italian Art Greco-Roman Mythology

Vincenzo Cartari was a 16th-century mythology scholar most known for his work 'Images of the gods'. This fascinating book was an impressive collection of descriptions of mythological gods. Cartari explains their forms and appearance as well as several of their important attributes. He wrote this book with the sole purpose of aiding sculptors and painters who were seeking guidelines of the physical appearances of the gods. He focused on their clothing, expressions, and poses in which they were most often presented.

Item number: #11875
Price: $950
CARTARI, Vincenzo
Le Imagini, con la spositione de i dei de gli antichi.
Venetia : Francesco Marcolini, 1556.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], 5-12, XIII-CCII, [1]
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CXXII total leaves
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References: Cicognara 4684
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
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Size: ~8in X 6in (20cm x 15cm)
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Venedig, Vincenzio Valgrisi 1571.. 8°. Titel mit Holzschnittdruckermarke, 17 nn. Bll., 566 S. (Paginierungsfehler: S. 16 irrig mit 25 und 315 statt 325 paginiert; es fehlen die Ss. 49-56 u. 401-408) Mit 86 Kupferstichtafeln (von 88 Taf.; es fehlen die Taf. auf S. 54 u. 405). Pgmt. d. Zeit mit handschriftl. Rückentitel. Einband etwas abgegriffen. Innen Titelblatt mit ergänztem Abriss, und zentralem Tintenfleck (?), dieser setzt sich auf den ersten Ss. fort, durchgehend etwas gebräunt und teils leicht stockfleckig, einige Tafeln in schwachem Abzug. S. 392 mit Tintenkritzelei. vgl. Brunet I, 1600 f. - Dritte und zugleich erste illustrierte Ausgabe des erstmals 1556 erschienen Werkes zum Pantheon der griechisch-römischen Götterwelt von Vincenzo Cartari (1531-1569). Im selben Jahr erschien auch eine offensichtlich kollationsgleiche Ausgabe bei Giordano Ziletti. Die Kupferstiche stammen wohl von den biographisch kaum greifbaren Bolognino Zaltieri (aktiv ca. 1555-1576). Es… Read More

Venice: Vincentio Valgrisi, 1571. Hardcover. Good+. 4to (195 x 140 mm). Woodcut printer’s device of Valgrisi (serpent entwined around tau cross) to title. Pagination: [36], 1-566pp. Signatures: a-c(4); d(6); A-Z(4); Aa-Zz(4); Aaa-Zzz(4); Aaaa (3 of 4, lacking final blank). 88 full-page copperplate engravings by Bolognino Zaltieri. Text in roman and italics. Woodcut chapter headpieces. Dedicated to Cardinal d’Este and dated September 1569. 18th-century vellum with morocco label “CARTA IMAGI,” edges stained red, endpapers renewed; (title-page with closed tear and cancelled inscriptions, minor dampstaining throughout, few pages very lightly browned, endpapers inscribed in modern hand, spine slightly chipped with joints splitting). Modern armorial bookplate of Bibliotheque I.G. Schorsch on the front pastedown. 20th-century ownership inscription from Nashville, Tennessee “1-22-57.”  First illustrated Venetian edition of Vincenzo Cartari’s treatise on the… Read More