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Lot 108
108. Porta (Francesco) la v i s i o n e d i m. fr a n C e s C o po rta. da
Ca s t e l nu o u o d e l l a Ca r fa g n a n a, italic type, title and final f. with
woodcut printer’s device, charming woodcut vignette to head of A5,
woodcut initials and head-pieces, occasional light marginal foxing,
[Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 28909], 8vo, Florence, Giorgio
Marescotti, 1578. £300 - £400
*** A scarce edition of this attractively produced poetical work.
Lot 109
109. Rosinus (Joannes) ro m a n a r u m an t i Q u i tat u m li b r i de C e m,
sir he n ry sp e l m a n’s C o p y, with his ink signature to head of title,
woodcut printer’s device to title and a variant to verso of final f.,
2 woodcut double-page plans, woodcut illustrations and initials,
water-stained, small wormholes (later a trace) to head of sigs.r-z,
contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed,
housed in a later rather rustic leather case, [Adams R798], 4to,
Basel, Petrus Perna for Conrad Waldkirch, 1583. £300 - £400
*** A scarce work with an excellent provenance. Sir Henry Spelman
(1563-1641), antiquary, historian and author of archaeological and
legal works.
Lot 110
LONDON
110. Camilli (Camillo) imprese i l l u s t r i d i d i v e r s i C o i d i s C o r s i, 3
parts in 1, first e d i t i o n, 3 fine engraved pictorial titles within ornate
architectural borders, 108 engraved emblematic devices within
elegant borders by Girolamo Porro, woodcut initials and tail-pieces,
with final blank in part 2, light water-stain to foot of first title, a few
finger-marks, 17th century mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments
and with brown leather label, joints starting, but holding firm, some
worming, rubbed and scuffed, [Landwehr, Romanic, 202; Praz, p.
296; Mortimer, Italian, 99; Cicognara 1870; EDIT 16 CNCE 8702],
4to, Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1586. £800 - £1,200
*** Camilli, in this work dedicated to Ferdinando de’ Medici,
provides the device and motto of the most illustrious families of
Italy. In addition to his lines of verse to accompany each emblem he
provides an interpretive commentary of the allegorical symbolism
and historical significance embedded in the image.
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