1547. BOOK: (CALLIGRAPHY-TYPOGRAPHY). [PALATINO, G.B.:]. [LIBRO NEL QUAL S'INSIGNA A SCRIVERE OGNI SORTE...]. Rome: Antonio Blado Asolano, 1547. 8º larger. Unfoliated and unpaginated edition, sign. A2-A8, B8-D8, E5, H7. Missing fol. A1 (title page) and three leaves of sheet E (E2, E3 and E4). All woodcut models, on some leaves there are handwritten annotations and proofs in period ink. Folio E1 with small lack of paper. Enc. in half leather. Brunet IV/314. CCPB 211260-4, only cites two copies in Spanish public libraries, none in the BNE.

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