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Thursday 09 March 2023 e Friday 10 March 2023, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Toscana - Letteratura - Redi, Francesco

Bacchus in Tuscany, 1685

Estimate

€ 800 - 1.000

Sold

€ 903

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Florence, Piero Matini, 1685. In 4th. Title page in red and black with cruscan frullone, woodcut initials and friezes, the author's portrait is absent as usual, coeval rigid parchment, red sprayed edges. Ex libris on the back cover by Lodovico Passarini and Thomas Barrett.  Also in the lot is the edition of Tutti i trionfi, carro, mascherate...del tempo del Magnifico Lorenzo de' Medici, printed In Cosmopoli 1750 [but Lucca, Benedini], in two vols. and an edition of Filicaia's Poesie printed in Florence in 1707.

Specialist Notes

Beautiful copy, with dedication by the author, of the first edition of this interesting work dedicated to wine. It is divided into two parts, the first of which contains a Dithyramb dedicated to wine and love, the second the author's annotations to the composition, verse by verse. Numerous wines are mentioned, among which Montepulciano stands out, which "of every wine is king", but also other drinks (for example chocolate and candiero), uses, customs and idioms.