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Venezia [Venice]: appresso Giovanni Battista II Sessa & fratres, 1586. 147 x 100 mm. (5 3/4 x 4"). 118, [1] leaves. Contemporary limp vellum, flat spine with title written in ink, newer (20th century?) endpapers. With eight half-page woodcuts in the text and 15 full-page woodcuts. Verso of title page with red ink "Duplicate" stamp of the library of Bernard Zufall. Young, "Bibliography of Memory," p. 91; Mortimer, Italian 157 (for 1562 edition, mentioning 1586 edition); EDIT16 CNCE 17422; USTC 827157. See also: Terpening, "Lodovico Dolce, Renaissance Man of Letters." ◆Vellum a little wrinkled and somewhat soiled, but the simple binding still sound; first and last two quires with faint dampstain to lower quadrant, occasional minor browning or foxing, but still excellent internally, generally clean and fresh. Using charming woodcuts to help the reader visualize the methods described, this is a treatise on memory that explores how one can systematically employ various tricks and devices to increase… Read More