Live auction - Lot 1054
[Philosophy - Venice imprint]
Delle vite de' filosofi [...] libri X. ripieni d' istorie giovevoli [...] dal [...] Gio. Felice Astolfi [...]. Con l'Aggiunta d'un Compendio delle viti de' più illustri oratori, & poeti [...].
Venice, G.B. Bertoni, 1606
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
4to: [4]-112 ff. (paper age-toned, a few ink stains).
Old marbl. sheep (rubbed), gilt spine, red edges. Very good copy.
Very rare ed. of this Italian trsl. of biographies of classical philosophers. The Venetian clerc G.F. Astolfi (fl. 1600-1625) is known for his history of miraculous Marian images. Ill. with 116 woodcuts in text. Large woodcut mark on title and part title. Ref. BnF. Hoffmann II:80. - Not in Rhodes (BL). Joined: Le vite de filosofi moralissime: estrate da Laertio, & da altri auttori [...]. Venice, P. Usci, 1628. 8vo: [64] ff. (title loose). Mod. boards. Good copy on coarse paper. Woodcut portrait (Dante!) on title and 63 sm. woodcut portraits in text. Ref. WorldCat (1: Rome). Not in BnF, Rhodes (BL). Prov. Name on title. (2 vol.)