Scelta curiosa, et ricca officina di varie antiche, & moderne istorie, divisa in tre libri. Composta da Gio. Felice Astolfi, et adornata di belle, & vaghe figure: nella quale si spiegano esempi notabili, virt˘ e difetti pertinenti. Da' quali puÚ agevolmente il professore di lettere, e d'armi, lo studioso d'istoria, di poesia, di costumi & di cose varie, il curioso & lo sfacendato ancora trarre utilit‡ di correggere non pur i mancamenti altrui, ma gli propri, e d'incaminarsi nella strada della virt˘.

Venice: Marchio Sessa, 1602.,

1562,50 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, Reino Unido)

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Astolfi (Giovanni Felice)

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Venice: Marchio Sessa, 1602.

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EARLY PRINTING WILLIAM BECKFORD HAMILTON PALACE LIBRARY TALES, VIRTUES

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Small 4to (218 x 155 mm), [xxiv], 518, [1, blank]pp., from the Beckford library, initials ëF.H.G.í stamped in ink to front endpaper, with a pencil note signed by the same relating to the engravings within, engraved printerís device on title page of a cat with a rat in its mouth, copiously illustrated with half-page woodcut vignettes at chapter headings, woodcut initials, woodcut head and tail-pieces, bound in full nineteenth-century Russia leather, covers tooled in gilt and blind as is the spine, green binderís ticket of C. Kaltthoeber to front endpaper, joints a little rubbed, all edges gilt, a very nice copy. First edition of a collection of tales of virtues and vices exemplified by miscellaneous historical figures. Provenance: Hamilton Palace Libraries, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 29th November 1883, lot 717, sold to Rev. F. Gall for £1 10s; the library of Lord Gretton, Stapleford Park, Leicestershire.