"STROZZI, (TITO VESPASIANO ET ERCOLE). - THE WORKS OF TWO IMPORTANT RENAISSANCE POETS.Livre Rare Book
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153045363Parisiis, Ex officina Simonis Colinaei, 1530. 8vo. Bound in a very fine later full calf (around 1700), profusely gilt spine, titlelabel in leather with gilt lettering, broad gilt borders on covers, edges of covers gilt, edges of leaves gilt. A very small nick to top of spine. (8) lvs. + (1-)256,(3) lvs. + 1 blank. A small and very faint dampstain to upper inner margins of the first 8 lvs. Otherwise very clean throughout. A beautifull printed and wide-margined copy (17x11,5 cm).
153045363Parisiis Ex officina Simonis Colinaei 1530. 8vo. Bound in a very fine later full calf around 1700 profusely gilt spine titlelabel in leather with gilt lettering broad gilt borders on covers edges of covers gilt edges of leaves gilt. A very small nick to top of spine. 8 lvs. 1-2563 lvs. 1 blank. A small and very faint dampstain to upper inner margins of the first 8 lvs. Otherwise very clean throughout. A beautifull printed and wide-margined copy 17x115 cm. <br/><br/><em>Scarce second edition of the "opera" of the poetical works of both father and son. Their collected opere were first published by Aldus Manutius in 1513 together with works of his son under the title Strozii poëtae pater et filius. The offered edition is copied from this Aldus-edition. They were both members of the famous Strozzi-family exiled from Florence.Adams S 1957. - Graesse VI: 512. </em> hardcover
155521267Venice 1555. 18th-century gold-tooled vellum with the title lettered in gold on the spine and the manuscript title and year of publication in brown ink on the front board. Oblong 4to. With a woodcut of two hands one holding a compass and the other holding a pen 6 charming woodcut initials in text and 85 engraved models of calligraphic text and initials all set within black-lined borders. Rare edition of a famous Italian writing book by Vespasiano Amphiareo Ferrara 1501-Venice 1563 first published as "Un novo modo d'insegnar a scrivere" at Venice in 1548. A new enlarged edition followed in 1554 in two issues after which our edition followed and sixteen more before 1620. Amphiareo belonged to the noble family Albertaccia and had been to all probability a pupil of the famous Tagliente and later he was a writing-master at Venice for some thirty years. He dedicated his writing book to the Doge Francesco Donà. We see for the first time in an Italian writing book a majuscule alphabet based on botanical motives another on trunks of trees heavy gothic letters embodying putti and masks and black strapwork letters obviously linked to contemporary writing books in Germany and Switzerland. The book ends with a section on teaching the cutting of the quill and how to make a clear black ink partly based on Arrighi's instructions. To the second edition Amphiareo added further sections on illuminating in azure and gold and in vermilion in his later editions. The real significance of the writing book is that Amphiareo was dissatisfied with both the chancery and mercatile hands of his time. He therefore devised a mixture of the two styles "like a mystic body" in the Friar's Bastard as he called it which would suit both purposes. He wanted this "invention"' to be generally known and thus "with incredible personal expense" he had his book engraved and printed. After the famous writing masters Tagliente Arrighi and Palatino Amphiareo represented both their tradition and the transition to the revolutionary writing master Cresci of the second half of the 16th century.The title page is slightly browned slight marginal foxing throughout. Otherwise in very good condition.l Casamassima Trattati di Scrittura 1966 p. 90 no. XII and plates XLV-XLVIII first ed.; EDIT 16 CNCE 61646 1 copy; Johnson A.F. A catalogue of Italian writing books of the 16th century in: Signature N.S. 10 1950 p. 36; Medri G. Le opera calligrafiche a stampa II Vesp. Amphiareo da Ferrara in: All' insegna del libro I 1928 pp. 57-58; cf. Becker D.P. The practice of letters 1997 no. 19; Bonacini 49. hardcover
LCS-1864051Recueil en partie original de la plus insigne rareté. Venetia, 1575. In-8 oblong de (110) pages - complet - marges blanches extérieures de 7 ff. restaurées sans atteinte aux lettres. Plein maroquin brun estampé de filets à froid, dos à nerfs, tranches dorées. Reliure de Lobstein-Laurenchet. 145 x 204 mm.
