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Extensively Annotated In Latin & Greek
IN a Contemporary Hand
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AESCHINES/DEMOSTHENES. [ED REUCHLIN, Johannes]. ТΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΕΞΟΧΩΝ ΡΗΤΟΡΩΝ Άισχινου καί Δημοσθενους…Graeciae excellentissium Oratorum, Aeschinis & Demosthenis, orations adversariae. Paris, Christian Wechel, 1543.
Two extremely rare separately issued Paris student editions of Morceaux choisis of two of the Attic orators as edited by the great German humanist Reuchlin, along with an early, if not the earliest separate edition of Isocrates’ Helen, editorship apparently anonymous.
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[CALLIGRAPHY] ARRIGHI, Ludovico degli. Regola da imparate scrivere varii caratteri de littere con li suoi compassi et misure: et il modo di temperare le penne secondo la sorte de littere che vorrai scrivere. Venice, Nicolo d’Aristotile detto Zoppino, 1533.
Very rare early augmented edition (second) of Arrighi’s treatise on writing containing both the writing samples and the instructions on preparing pen and ink, which were previously issued separately.
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The Doges Of Venice
As Seen In Their Portraits
In The Palazzo Dogale
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BARDI, Girolamo. Dichiaratione di tutte le Istorie, che si sontengenono nei Quadri posti novamente nelle Sale dello Scrutinio, & del Gran Consiglio, del Palagio Ducale. Venice, F. Valgrigio, 1587.
First edition of this potted version of Venetian history as seen through the portraits and other paintings hanging in or decorating some of the public rooms of the Palazzo Dogale after the fire of 1577, of art historical interest for the disposition of numerous famous Venetian paintings during the 16th century.
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With a Wall Map Of The Papal States In 1791 As Drawn By Giovanni Maria Cassini
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CASSINI, Giovanni Maria /MOROZZO, Giuseppe. Analisi della Carta Corografica del patrimonio di S. Pietro corredata di alcune memorie storiche ed economiche. Rome, Stamperia Giunchiana, 1791.
Rare first edition of this wall-map (with extensive accompanying text) of the Vatican territories, by the cartographer Giovanni Maria Cassini (1745-1824).
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[MICHELANGELO] DANTI, Vincenzo. Il Primo Libro del Trattato delle Perfette Proporzioni di tutte le cose che imitare, e ritrarre si possano con l'arte del disegno.. Florence, 1567.
Rare first and only 16th century edition of this treatise on human proportion inspired by and based upon the teachings of Michelangelo (1475-1564) and written by one of his most ardent followers who was also an important artist of the period, "un vero uomo del Rinascimento" (Schlosser).
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