MARCELLO, Pietro. De vita, moribus, et rebus gestis omnium ducum Venetorum.Francofurti ad Moenum, Apud Paulum Reffeler, impensis Sigismundi Feyerabent, 1574.
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Description
8vo; Sewing binding; leaves 8 nn., 219, i.e. 218, 1 nn., errors numbering; Titlepage with Printer’s device of Feyerabend, woodcut Initials and ornaments;
103 illustrations within the text.
RARE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN LATIN.
Opera beautifully illustrated by 103 figures woodcut by Jost Amman: 83 portraits of the Doges with their own coat of arms and 20 tombs.
It is a collection of information about the life, customs and businesses of the Doges of Venice. Edited by Heinrich Kellner, begins with the biography of Paul Anapesto, elected Doge in 697 and ends with the eighty-fourth Doge Alvise Mocenigo, who was elected in 1570. Finally some ways on important episodes in the history of Venice, the Venetian poet Bernardo Giorgio, followed by a chronological list of the Doges.
BMC, German, 593; Adams M-532; Cicogna n. 2252; Fairfax Murray, German, 284.
Nice condition.
103 illustrations within the text.
RARE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN LATIN.
Opera beautifully illustrated by 103 figures woodcut by Jost Amman: 83 portraits of the Doges with their own coat of arms and 20 tombs.
It is a collection of information about the life, customs and businesses of the Doges of Venice. Edited by Heinrich Kellner, begins with the biography of Paul Anapesto, elected Doge in 697 and ends with the eighty-fourth Doge Alvise Mocenigo, who was elected in 1570. Finally some ways on important episodes in the history of Venice, the Venetian poet Bernardo Giorgio, followed by a chronological list of the Doges.
BMC, German, 593; Adams M-532; Cicogna n. 2252; Fairfax Murray, German, 284.
Nice condition.
