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RIPA, Cesare (1555-1622). Iconologia notabilmente accresciuta d'Immagini, di anntazioni, e di fatti dall'abate Cesare Orlandi. Perugia: Costantini, 1764-67.
18th-century edition of Cesare Ripa's celebrated iconography expanded by Abbot Orlandi and updated according to Baroque fashion and taste.5 volumes, 4to, (255 x 184 mm). Engraved portraits of Ripa and Orlandi in first volume, over 2000 engraved allegories in text (lightly but uniformly browned, some spotting). Contemporary half-leather binding, gilt title and decorations, green cloth place-markers, marbled edges (minor defects). Provenance: private library markings, occasional bibliographical notes in pen and pencil from the 20th century to the endpapers. (5)
ESTIMATE € 400 - 600
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