Lot N. 52
Baldassarre Castiglione
Opere volgari, e latine del conte Baldessar Castiglione
Novellamente raccolte, ordinate, ricorrette, ed illustrate, come nella seguente lettera può vedersi, da Gio. Antonio, e Gaetano Volpi, In Padova, Presso Giuseppe Comino, 1733 (al colophon, p. [428]: In Padova, Presso Giuseppe Comino, 1732). In-4° (270x190 mm). [32], XXXII, 436 p., 1 plate with a portrait of Castistione on the frontispiece, copper engraved by F. M. Francia and drawn by Giovanni Battista Cromer. Engraved intaglio device on the title page, woodcut Volpi coat of arms on p. 246 and on the colophon on p. 428. Woodcut and intaglio initials and friezes.
Joined to: Gabrielis Faerni Cremonensis, Fabulae centum ex antiquis auctoribus delectae, carminibusque explicatae. Quae in priore editione praeterea accesserint, indicat epistola ad lectorem: quae in hac posteriore adjuncta sunt, hoc signo † notantur, Patavii, Excudebat Josephus Cominus, 1730 (to the colophon: Patavii, Excudebat Josephus Cominus, 1730, VI Kal. Novembris [27 X]). [16], 115, [1] p. Copper-engraved publisher's trademark on the title page, Volpi coat of arms on the colophon. Woodcut initials, headpieces, and tailpieces.
Contemporary half-leather binding with corners, gilt title on the five-ribbed spine, with some defects. A copy with burrs. Fresh, margined interior.
Joined to: Gabrielis Faerni Cremonensis, Fabulae centum ex antiquis auctoribus delectae, carminibusque explicatae. Quae in priore editione praeterea accesserint, indicat epistola ad lectorem: quae in hac posteriore adjuncta sunt, hoc signo † notantur, Patavii, Excudebat Josephus Cominus, 1730 (to the colophon: Patavii, Excudebat Josephus Cominus, 1730, VI Kal. Novembris [27 X]). [16], 115, [1] p. Copper-engraved publisher's trademark on the title page, Volpi coat of arms on the colophon. Woodcut initials, headpieces, and tailpieces.
Contemporary half-leather binding with corners, gilt title on the five-ribbed spine, with some defects. A copy with burrs. Fresh, margined interior.
Bibliography: Choix 12495 and 424, Brunet I, 1629 and II, 1160, Graesse II, 65 and II 546, leg 296