[Rarebooks] FS: 1693 (& best) illus. ed. of the antiquities of Brescia, Italy

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Rossi, Ottavio. LE MEMOIRE BRESCIANE Opera Historica, e Simbolica, Riveduta da Fortunato Vinaccesi... Nuova Impressione Accresciuta di Considerabil Numero di Marmi non piu Stampati. Brescia: Domenico Gromi. 1693. 4to. (12),338,(6)pp. Added engraved title, engraved portrait of Rossi. Text profusely illustrated with woodcuts of antiquities (statuary, architecture, costumes, coins, etc.), many full page. @ folding woodcut plates, one of which is not part of the pagination. Cont. vellum, spine titled by hand. A few preliminary leaves reinforced with a neat paper strip at the top edge (barely noticeable).                     $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)

This is the revised and best edition of this important illustrated study of monuments and antiquities found in Brescia. It was first published in 1616. Discussed by Praz (p. 480) in his emblem book bibliography, but this is not a book of emblems.

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