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Testi, Fulvio

Lyrical poems and Alcina tragedy new work., 1636

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€ 100 - 200

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€ 258

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Information

Modena, Pompilio Totti, 1636. In 4th. Chalcographic title page with coat of arms of the dedicatee Prince of Savoy supported by winged putti above Horace and Pindar, woodcut drop caps, headpieces and tailpieces, woodcut brand at the end, light browning, some light foxing, woodworm work on the inner margin of the first issues, Coeval full parchment binding, handwritten title on spine, minor defects. Handwritten note of ownership on endpaper. § Tarquinio Galluzzi. Carminum Libri tres. Rome, Giacomo Mascardi, 1611. In 8°. Architectural title page, illustrated drop caps, burnishing, elegant coeval binding in calfskin with gold fillets framing a series of striped and floral rhombuses, peeling, worn.

Specialist Notes

I work: original edition of the tragedy L'Isola d'Alcina. Vinciana, 2653: “Rare edition, whose diffusion was forbidden at the time”.