[Rarebooks] FS: Italian language edition of Tricasso's work on palmistry. Venice: 1538

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Tricasso, Patricio. EPITOMA CHYROMANTICO. Nel Quale Se Contiene Tutte l’Opere 
per Esso Tricasso in Questa Scientia Composte, con Assai Figure, & 
Dichiarationi Agiunte. Facilissimo   As Imparare, & in Brevissimo Tempo. (Venice: Per 
Agostino de Bindoni. 1538). Sm. 8vo. 344pp. Illustrated with a large woodcut 
vignette on title page, verso of title and colophon with devices, and 78 woodcuts 
of hands keyed to the text. Old limp boards backed in green cloth. Small chip 
and tear into blank upper margin of B1 and small printing flaw at bottom 
corner of A2 verso. Modest darkening and some soiling but still a decent copy.     
$3,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
An early Italian language edition of one of the most popular works on 
chiromancy of the 16th century. Tricasso (1491-c.1550) was a disciple of Barthelemy 
Cocles. At variance with Cocles on a number of points, he set out in this work 
to analyze the significance of 78 configurations of hands, as well as to 
outline the supposed astrological implications. His work is frequently cited by 
many later writers on the subject. As with other copies cited in OCLC, the date 
at the conclusion of the author’s preface is misprinted, but in this case as “
1635” (it should be “1535,” the date of the first Italian edition of this 
title). Brunet V:945; STC of Italian Books, p. 680.

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