Lot n° 273

MORATI GRÜNTHLER, Olympia Fulvia.- Opera omnia cum eruditorum testimoniis [...]. Basileae, ex officina Petri Pernae, 1580. In-8° : [24]-551 pp. (quire ** bound at the end -between text lvs- with lvs inverted, browned, marginal dampstains in the...

Estimation : 300 / 400
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
beginning, hole in the title-page, two margins repaired in the preliminary lvs with small lack in the engraved full-page, foxing). 17th Century binding : threequarter vellum with visible sewing, marbled paper boards, flat spine with title with pen, blue sprinkled edges (repairs at the upper corners, upper flyleaf lacking).
Collection of letters, poems, epitaphs and orations of the Italian female scholar Morata (1526/1527-1555) edited by her friend, the rhetorical professor Celio Secondo Curione (1503-1569). The letters deal mostly with religion and overall protestantism as Morata converted to the Reformed religion. Followed by a selection of letters and orations of Curione and translations of Esopius and Boccaccio by Marcus Antonius Paganutius. With an epitaph to Morata encircled with a decorated frame figuring among others the allegories of Germany and Italy on the sides. Text with ornemental initial letters, some figuring children, and Perna's mark on the title-page. The first collection of Morata's epistles was published in 1558. # Adams M-1741; # Soltész M-789; # USTC 679524; # VD16 ZV 11157; # not in Machiels. fl Collections de lettres, épitaphes, oraisons et poèmes de l'érudite protestante Morata donnée par Curione. Suivi de lettres et oraisons de ce dernier et de traductions d'Ésope et Boccace par Paganutius. Demi-vélin à coins du 17e s. (bruni, cahier ** relié à la fin -entre les pp. de texte- avec ff. inversés).
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