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RUSCELLI, Girolamo (1504-1566). Lettura...sopra un sonetto...alla divina signora marchesa del Vasto. Oue con nuoue et chiare ragioni si pruoua la somma perfettione delle donne. Venice: Griffio, 1552
First and only edition of Ruscelli's Lezione sopra un sonnetto di Giambattista d'Azzia, dedicated to Maria d'Aragona (1503-1568), whose beauty is celebrated at the end of the volume by sonnets by Tansillo, Muzio, Ammirato, Veniero, Nifo and Aretino, which accompany the engraved portrait on 74 leaves. Ruscelli uses the sonnet as a pretext to write a Platonic essay on the perfection of women and beauty, created by God as a path to spiritual elevation.
4to, (194 x 150mm). Portrait of the Marquise del Vasto on leaf 74, printer's device to title page and at end, woodcut initials (two small holes to title page, light waterstain to lower margin of first few leaves). vellum binding with gilt title on label to spine. (1)
4to, (194 x 150mm). Portrait of the Marquise del Vasto on leaf 74, printer's device to title page and at end, woodcut initials (two small holes to title page, light waterstain to lower margin of first few leaves). vellum binding with gilt title on label to spine. (1)
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200
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[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1,000
