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1913172668Paris: Goupil & Cie 1913. The most famous woman in Paris First edition of the Parisian aesthete's sumptuously illustrated biography. Castiglione 1837-1899 was a self-fashioned icon of high society whose extensive portfolio as a photographic model made her a major figure in the medium's early history. "La Castiglione was one of the first celebrated women to realize the iconic potential of the camera in this first period of photography. She was aware of the necessity for control a concern to use the camera rather than let the camera use her. Her chosen studio Mayer and Pierson made over seven hundred images of her an enterprise that in photography's earliest years represented a considerable investment in time and effort" Badger p. 51. She performed a wide variety of identities in her highly staged portraits including mythical historical seductive and grotesque. The fame resulting from her enigmatic images earned her significant political influence: her affair with Napoleon III likely contributed to Italian unification and Otto von Bismarck met with her to discuss the strategic importance of Paris following the Franco-Prussian war. Although he never met Castiglione Montesquiou 1855-1921 was enraptured by her reputation and collected hundreds of her photographs the majority of which are now held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A fellow photography enthusiast - he aspired to be the most photographed person in the world - he was also a Symbolist poet painter and dandy. Quarto 273 x 195 mm. Colour photogravure frontispiece 25 plates 5 colour captioned tissue guards floriated initials borders and head- and tailpieces by Louis Popineau chapter titles printed in red. Bound with original wrappers. Contemporary dark green morocco by Durvand of Paris spine lettered and ruled in gilt 4 raised bands covers framed in blind and gilt gilt crown centrepiece surrounded by scrollwork border gilt fillets on board edges and turn-ins purple moiré endpapers top edge gilt the rest uncut orange red and green silk bookmarker loosely inserted. Spine gently toned ends a little rubbed plates bright and clean: a fine copy. Gerry Badger The Pleasures of Good Photographs: Essays 2010. hardcover
154532371Venetia Venice: nelle case de figlioli di Aldo I Manuzio 1545. Fourth Aldine printing. Small folio. 122 ff. Eighteenth century full pigskin gilt lettering to the spine all edges green a single leaf in book three lacking but the text supplied in consummate manuscript predating or contemporary with the binding. Faint dampstain cutting across the upper corner of the last 16 leaves at the gutter also evident on both pastedowns a few marks to the boards an attractive copy. Baldessare Castiglione 1478-1529 was very much a man of his day educated in a Humanist school in Milan in the 1490s where he also served at the court of Duke Ludovico Sforza. He returned to his native Mantua on the death of his father at the age of 21 whereupon he entered the service of the local marquis Francesco Gonzaga for the next five years. During this time he became acquainted with Guidobaldo da Montefeltro Duke of Urbino whose court he entered in 1504. Castiglione acted in various capacities for Guidobaldo and his successor principally diplomatic though he also played an active role in the flourishing cultural life of the court. His talents took him to Rome in ambassadorial roles for Urbino and subsequently Mantua leading to his involvement with the Vatican and his later ecclesiastical career towards the end of his life he was made Bishop of Avila. He is now best remembered for this work first published in 1528 by the Aldine Press. Written in the form of a dialogue between several protagonists Castiglione sought to define the courtly ideal. Going beyond a mere book of etiquette he described the essential characteristics and traits that a courtier should exhibit. These include refinement in the arts athletic prowess most obviously in bearing arms great oratory skills very much in the Ciceronian tradition and something which Castiglione termed "sprezzatura". Translated and defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "studied carelessness" Castiglione suggested that a man about court should eschew flamboyance and grandiosity in favour of a genteel modest and nonchalant manner and temperament - essentially that all his efforts and undertakings should be worn lightly and completed with as little perceptible exertion as possible. Its contemporary importance is demonstrated by the fact that the Aldine Press had printed it another four times by 1547 the first four editions in folio as here the final as an 8vo. By 1616 over 100 further editions in Italian and in translation had been published. Unsurprisingly its cultural influence in the succeeding centuries became manifest across Europe with traces of the work found in the writings of Cervantes Corneille and amongst others in the English language Shakespeare Spenser and Shelley. Printing and the Mind of Man 59. "It is an epitome of the highest moral and social ideas of the Italian Renaissance. Venetia [Venice]: nelle case de figlioli di Aldo [I Manuzio] unknown
11058Paris, J. Caboche, Demerville et Cie, Editeurs, 1848 (deuxième Edition, mise en un meilleur ordre). 4 volumes in-folio, (30 pp.), reliure moderne plein cuir, enrichi de planches dessinées en noir et blanc, rousseurs habituelles sinon très bon état.
154719132Vinegia: Figlioli di Aldo Aldus 1547. Early Printing by Aldus. Elaborate Aldine device Impressed on the titlepage and at the end on the verso of the colophon leaf. Dedication to Michel de Selva vescovo di Viseo. 8vo bound in 17th century stiff vellum red morocco lettering label gilt. ff. 5 195 8. A fine example with the title label with a bit of chipping and with some light loss. RARE ALDINE EDITION OF THE CLASSIC LANDMARK IL CORTEGIANO. Castiglione’s great work is one of the most famous books of the Italian Renaissance and represents the highest level of commitment to the prince and the new political and social order. The Courtier is the prototype of the courtesy book written as conversation between members of the court. At the time of its composition Castiglione was at the court of Guidobaldo de Montefeltre and Elizabetta Gonzaga at Urbino together with Bembo Giuliano de' Medici Federico Fregoso and other Renaissance luminaries; members of that court feature as speakers in the conversation. <br> Castiglione after serving the Sforzas at Milan and the Gonzagas at Mantua came to the Court of Urbino in 1504 where de Montefeltre and his consort Elizabetta Gonzaga were the center of the most brilliant court in Italy which counted among its members Bembo Bibbiena G. de’Medici and many other eminent men. This brilliant book is based on Castiglione’s experience of life among these dazzling figures.<br> ‘The Courtier’ depicts the ideal aristocrat and it has remained the perfect definition of a gentleman ever since. It is an epitome of the highest moral and social ideas of the Italian Renaissance and is written in the form of a discussion between members of the court. The fundamental idea that a man should perfect himself by developing all his faculties goes back to Aristotle’s ETHICS and many of the Aristotelian virtues reappear---honesty magnanimity and good manners. The ideal man should also be proficient in arms and games be a scholar and connoisseur of art; he should develop graceful speech and cherish a sense of honour. Relations between the prince and the courtier forms of government and rules for the conduct of a lady are also discussed and the book ends with the celebrated pronouncement on platonic love by Bembo.<br> This Renaissance ideal of the free development of individual faculties and its rules of civilized behaviour formed a new conception of personal rights and obligations in Europe. The book was translated into most European languages and between 1528 and 1616 no less than one hundred and eight editions were published. It had great influence in Spain where traces of it can be found in DON QUIXOTE and in France in Corneille’s writings. But its most potent influence was probably in England. Its influence can be seen in Shakespeare Spenser Ben Jonson Sir Philip Sidney Robert Burton and Shelley. It had a great impact on the development of English drama and comedy.<br> The beautiful and highly important printings of the house of Aldus are exceptional and revered in their own right. This one of the most exceptional of Italian Renaissance works published by the great Renaissance printer of Italy. Figlioli di Aldo (Aldus) hardcover
159047728Venetia [Venice], apresso gli heredi di S. Gagliani, 1590. [Colophon: In Vintia, appresso Giorgio Angelieri, a instantia de gli heredi di Simon Gagliani de Karera, 1590]. Small folio. 18th century (ab. 1780-90) half vellum with gilt leather title label to spine. Corners a bit bumped and title label a bit worn, otherwise nice and tight. A very nice copy, on thick, crisp paper. A few quires browned and brownspotted, and some occasional lighter browning. Four leaves with a marginal worm-tract, far from affecting text. Beautiful engraved title-page, consisting of a wide architectural border illustrated with large figures, putti, globes, and various symbols. Beautiful large woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. 47 half-page engraved maps in the text (by Porro, of islands and continents), excellent, crisp impressions. Large woodcut device to colophon. (12) ff., 201, (1) pp.
159047728Venetia Venice apresso gli heredi di S. Gagliani 1590. Colophon: In Vintia appresso Giorgio Angelieri a instantia de gli heredi di Simon Gagliani de Karera 1590. Small folio. 18th century ab. 1780-90 half vellum with gilt leather title label to spine. Corners a bit bumped and title label a bit worn otherwise nice and tight. A very nice copy on thick crisp paper. A few quires browned and brownspotted and some occasional lighter browning. Four leaves with a marginal worm-tract far from affecting text. Beautiful engraved title-page consisting of a wide architectural border illustrated with large figures putti globes and various symbols. Beautiful large woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. 47 half-page engraved maps in the text by Porro of islands and continents excellent crisp impressions. Large woodcut device to colophon. 12 ff. 201 1 pp. <br/><br/><em>Third much enlarged edition with 47 maps as opposed to the mere 30 of the first edition of Porcacchi's great book of islands arguably the most famous of all "isolario"s with the 47 finely engraved maps by the famous map-maker Girolamo Porro which also include maps of non-insular places e.g North America and Mexico City the famous city plan of Venice and that of Constantinople. Porcachhi's great "isolario" represents the culmination of the "book of islands"-genre both in regards to artistic quality and the information provided. It furthermore constitutes a main work in the history of the published knowledge of farther parts of the world and an important link in the development from what we call the "book of islands" to the modern atlas. As such it is of great value in several respects both historically culturally and cartographically. "The "book of islands" or isolario a novel form of cartographic book combining maps and narrative-historical chorography was invented and initially developed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. According to R.A. Skelton "like the portolano or pilot-book to which it was related it had its origins in the Mediterranean as an illustrated guide for travelers in the Aegean Archipelago and the Levant.". The first "book of islands" was authored by a Florentine ecclesiastic around 1420 named Cristoforo Buondelmonti .The "book of islands" was eventually superseded as a cartographic genre as was the "Geographia" of Ptolemy by the modern atlas; it persists even after Abraham Ortelius's 1570 "Theatrum orbis terrarium" but at the margins rather than at the center of the history of cartography. While the "isolario" Ptolemy's "Geographia" and the "modern" atlas coexist for some time the gradual eclipse of the "book of islands" at one level reflected a progressive decentering of the Mediterranean that occurred within the broader context of early modern history following the Atlantic discoveries. But well before that happened in conjunction with the culminating moment of the discoveries and exploration period and at the height of the high Renaissance the second printed "book of islands" appeared in 1528 in Venice published by Zoppino: the "Libro di Benedetto Bordone nel qual si ragiona de tutte l'isole del mondo" Book of Benedetto Bordone in which are discussed all the islands of the world. As the title suggests this "isolario" provided even broader coverage than the Martellus recensions of Buondelmonti and gave special prominence to the islands of the New World .Da li Sonetti's translation of Buondelmonti's "book of islands" into a cycle of sonnets in Venice represented in its way an expression of the same desire to reconcile contemporary geographical knowledge to Italian vernacular traditions of geographical poetry that Berlinghieri's poetic Ptolemy expressed. But while the tradition of Tuscan geographical poetry would not survive the Quattrocento the prose book of islands did thanks especially to the Venetian print culture that was responsible for da li Sonetti and that produced Bordone's High Renaissance print "isolario". As mentioned the print genre "book of islands" would endure in fact albeit at the margins of modern cartography and literature in multiple editions of Bordone which were followed by the no less successful Tommaso Porcacchi's "L'isole più famose del mondo" 1572; with copper-plate engravings a line that continued through the seventeenth century . But just as with other major literary fields of endeavor including the political Machiavelli the pastoral Sannazzaro the courtly-bureaucratic Castiglione and the epic-novellistic Ariosto the "isolario" produced its masterpieces in the discoveries and travel writing fieldalongside Columbus Vespucci and Verrazzano during the High Renaissance." Cachey "From the Mediterranean to the World: A Note on the Italian "Book of Islands" "isolario"" pp. 1-10. Shirley T.POR-1d; Phillips: 50. </em> hardcover
154525180Vinegia: Figlioli di Aldo Aldus 1545. A very early and rare printing of Castiglione by Aldus in the original folio format mirroring the 1528 printing. Elaborate Aldine device impressed on the title and at the end on the verso of the colophon leaf. Dedication to Michel de Selva vescovo di Viseo. Folio handsomely bound in fine Italian vellum. 122 ff. pp. A beautifully preserved copy handsome and clean. RARE ALDINE EDITION OF THE CLASSIC LANDMARK IL CORTEGIANO. Castiglione’s great work is one of the most famous books of the Italian Renaissance and represents the highest level of committment to the prince and the new political and social order. The Courtier is the prototype of the courtesy book written as conversation between members of the court. At the time of its composition Castiglione was at the court of Guidobaldo de Montefeltre and Elizabetta Gonzaga at Urbino together with Bembo Giuliano de' Medici Federico Fregoso and other Renaissance luminaries; members of that court feature as speakers in the conversation. <br> Castiglione after serving the Sforzas at Milan and the Gonzagas at Mantua came to the Court of Urbino in 1504 where de Montefeltre and his consort Elizabetta Gonzaga were the center of the most brilliant court in Italy which counted among its members Bembo Bibbiena G. de’Medici and many other eminent men. This brilliant book is based on Castiglione’s experience of life among these dazzling figures.<br> ‘The Courtier’ depicts the ideal aristocrat and it has remained the perfect definition of a gentleman ever since. It is an epitome of the highest moral and social ideas of the Italian Renaissance and is written in the form of a discussion between members of the court. The fundamental idea that a man should perfect himself by developing all his faculties goes back to Aristotle’s ETHICS and many of the Aristotelian virtues reappear---honesty magnanimity and good manners. The ideal man should also be proficient in arms and games be a scholar and connoisseur of art; he should develop graceful speech and cherish a sense of honour. Relations between the prince and the courtier forms of government and rules for the conduct of a lady are also discussed and the book ends with the celebrated pronouncement on platonic love by Bembo.<br> This Renaissance ideal of the free development of individual faculties and its rules of civilized behaviour formed a new conception of personal rights and obligations in Europe. The book was translated into most European languages and between 1528 and 1616 no less than one hundred and eight editions were published. It had great influence in Spain where traces of it can be found in DON QUIXOTE and in France in Corneille’s writings. But its most potent influence was probably in England. Its influence can be seen in Shakepeare Spenser Ben Jonson Sir Philip Sidney Robert Burton and Shelley. It had a great impact on the development of English drama and comedy.<br> The beautiful and highly important printings of the house of Aldus are exceptional and revered in their own right. This one of the most exceptional of Italian Renaissance works published by the great Renaissance printer of Italy. Figlioli di Aldo (Aldus) hardcover
11290Paris, J. Caboche, Demerville et Cie, Editeurs, 1848 (deuxième Edition, mise en un meilleur ordre). 2 volumes in-folio, (30 pp.), reliure ancienne demi-maroquin, dos ornés de fleurons, enrichi de 181 planches dessinées et coloriées, rousseurs habituelles sinon très bon état.
