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[Incunabulum]. Foresti, Giacomo Filippo. De claris mulieribus. Ferrara, Lorenzo Rossi, 29.04.1497. In 2nd (295 x 188 mm). Numerous portraits of famous women (missing papers A1, A4, a1-2, a 8, f1 and f6, h4 and 5, i fascicle m, n2 and 7, s2 and 5, v1-3, y3-4, fascicle z, f5 in facsimile, defects and restorations). Modern honey-colored leather binding with embossed friezes on spine. First and only edition of one of the most fascinating figured books of the fifteenth century. The text constitutes one of the first important literary documents of the new concept of women introduced by humanistic culture. Baskin 3: "one of the finest early Italian illustrated books, and the first to include contemporary woodcut portraits from life," featuring among othersBianca Maria Sforza, Caterina Sforza,signora di Imola e contessa di Forlì,Leonora d'Aragona, Danisella Trivulzia and Cassandra Fedele.Lottonpassesreturnable.
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[Incunabulum]. Foresti, Giacomo Filippo. De claris mulieribus. Ferrara, Lorenzo Rossi, 29.04.1497. In 2nd (295 x 188 mm). Numerous portraits of famous women (missing papers A1, A4, a1-2, a 8, f1 and f6, h4 and 5, i fascicle m, n2 and 7, s2 and 5, v1-3, y3-4, fascicle z, f5 in facsimile, defects and restorations). Modern honey-colored leather binding with embossed friezes on spine. First and only edition of one of the most fascinating figured books of the fifteenth century. The text constitutes one of the first important literary documents of the new concept of women introduced by humanistic culture. Baskin 3: "one of the finest early Italian illustrated books, and the first to include contemporary woodcut portraits from life," featuring among othersBianca Maria Sforza, Caterina Sforza,signora di Imola e contessa di Forlì,Leonora d'Aragona, Danisella Trivulzia and Cassandra Fedele.Lottonpassesreturnable.
