Camilli camillo d 1615 (1 risultati)
Editore: Appresso Francesco Ziletti, Venice, 1586
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Three parts in one volume, 4to (200 x 140mm). Pagination: I: [8], 182, [2, including blank]; II: 95, [1]; III: 56pp. (errors in pagination as common). Signatures: a(4); A-L(8); M(4); A-F(8); A-C(8); D(4). Engraved title page with architectural border incorporating Ziletti's star d…evice at head. Special title pages for parts 2 and 3, each engraved with differing border including Ziletti's device. 108 engravings of imprese by Girolamo Porro (1520-1604), of which 59 are in Part I, 31 in Part II and 18 in Part III, all framed by unique cartouche borders in Renaissance styles. Dedicated to Cardinal Ferdinando de Medici. Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Text in Latin with a few mottos in Greek. 18th century vellum, speckled edges; (some rust stains in first quire, intermittent browning, otherwise good). Modern armorial bookplate of Bibliotheque I.G. Schorsch on the front pastedown. Rare first edition of Camillo Camilli's Imprese illustri, an important sixteenth century work on impresa, the popular symbolic devices of illustrious men. The elegant engravings were by Giralomo Porro (1520-1604), who is cited on the title page and in the dedication by the author. Notably, Camilli's book contains the impresa of Sir Henry Lee, an important Elizabethan courtesan, as well as the impresa of Nicolaus Berardinus Sanseverinus, Prince of Bisignano, and other important noble Italian families like Gonzaga and Borghese. The impresa was especially popular among the contemporary elite as it held a dual position in social circles. Impresa alluded to the personal intentions of the bearer while they were also applied more generally as emblematic device of heraldry and motto. The coats of arms and the motto of the character are the prelude to each biography. Each imprese ends in Camilli's original verse and a full iconographic analysis of the allegorical symbolism and historical significance embedded in each device. Praz, p. 296. Brunet I: 1514; Mortimer Italian 99.