[ROME] PARASACCHI, Domenico (1618-1630); FELICE, Girolamo. Raccolta delle princi…

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[ROME] PARASACCHI, Domenico (1618-1630); FELICE, Girolamo. Raccolta delle principali fontane dell'inclitta città di Roma dessegnate et intagliate da Domenico Parasacchi con la nuova aggiunta dis. da Girolamo Felice. Rome: Rossini, 1647. Original edition of Parasacchi's collection of engravings, enlarged with 24 plates drawn by Felice and engraved by Pierre Miotte, which can be distinguished from those of Parasacchi as they are executed in a much more lively style and often include figures engaged in various games and pastimes. 44 individual plates (OPAC SBN reports 23 oblong, two plates missing) including engraved title page, internally a fine copy. Half vellum binding, marbled edges. Provenance: Crespan (ex libris). (1)

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[ROME] PARASACCHI, Domenico (1618-1630); FELICE, Girolamo. Raccolta delle principali fontane dell'inclitta città di Roma dessegnate et intagliate da Domenico Parasacchi con la nuova aggiunta dis. da Girolamo Felice. Rome: Rossini, 1647. Original edition of Parasacchi's collection of engravings, enlarged with 24 plates drawn by Felice and engraved by Pierre Miotte, which can be distinguished from those of Parasacchi as they are executed in a much more lively style and often include figures engaged in various games and pastimes. 44 individual plates (OPAC SBN reports 23 oblong, two plates missing) including engraved title page, internally a fine copy. Half vellum binding, marbled edges. Provenance: Crespan (ex libris). (1)

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J. KOLB (1680) after PIASTRINI (1678), Kardinal Tolomei, around 1720, Copper engraving Johann Christoph Kolb (1680 - around 1743 ) after Giovanni Domenico Piastrini (1678 Pistoia - 1740 Rom): Portrait of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Tolomei, c. 1720, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: Lower right signed in the printing plate: "Ioh. Christoph Kolb exc.". lower left inscribed in the printing plate: "Cum Gratia et Privil. Sacr. Cas. Maje. Cath.". Lower middle further inscription: "IOHANES BAPTISTA E SOCIETATE IESU S.R.E. PRESBYT./CARDINALIS PTOLEMAEUS PISTORIENSIS,/CREATUS DIE XVIII. MAY. M.D.C CXII.". Date: c. 1720 Description: Portrait of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Tolomei after an engraving by Girolamo Rossi the Younger after a model by Giovanni Domenico Piastrini from the series "Effigies Cardinalium nunc viventium" published by Domenico de' Rossi in Rome around 1712. Keywords: 18th century, Baroque, Portraits, Germany, Size: Paper: 27,3 cm x 18,8 cm (10,7 x 7,4 in), Plate: 21,7 cm x 16,7 cm (8,5 x 6,6 in) Condition: Very good condition. Slightly browned and slightly stained, slightly soiled, slightly dust-stained.

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PALMERIO, Antonio. Hippocratis Aphorismi poeticis salibus aspersi. Authore. Antonio Palmerio Soc. Jesu. Naples, Felice Mosca, 1699 8vo piccolo; 140x80 mm. Coeval binding in full stiff vellum, manuscript title to spine. Pages [12, including Antiporta and Frontispiece], 156. Antiporta engraved by Fabiano Miotte. Woodcut intials, headpieces and endpapers. Traces of use, sporadic foxing and some spotting, genuine specimen. Rare first edition. Collected here in eight books are the famous aphorisms of Hippocrates, a handbook of the symptoms and courses of diseases then classified. Each aphorism is followed by a poetic commentary. The beautiful antiporta engraved by F. Miotte depicts Hippocrates, Galen, Mesue, Avicenna and the 'Poet' himself with a lute.

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CARDANO, Girolamo - MANTOVANI, Vincenzo. Life of Girolamo Cardano milanese philosopher physician and celebrated man of letters. Milan, typography of Gio. Battista Sonzogno, 1821. 8vo; 225x145 mm. Hardback binding. Pp. XXI, 371, (1). Portrait f.t. of the author copper-engraved by L. Rados. Good copy in beards and marginal. First edition. Stand-alone volume from the "Collection of lives and memoirs of illustrious men written by themselves." Vincenzo Mantovani (1773-1832), physician, scholar and professor of medicine, was a renowned translator and scholar, who was credited with translating for the first Italian version, and absolutely the first European version in a foreign language, of one of the most celebrated and well-known texts in Western philosophy: the "Critique of Pure Reason" by Immanuel Kant. Joined with: CAIMO, Norberto. Lettere d'un vago italiano ad un suo amico.Pittburgo [i.e. Milan], 1764-1767 In 8vo, 210x150 mm., coeval decorated hardback binding. 215 pp. Portrait of Cardano at the antiporta within medallion. Defects to binding and internally small stains. Exemplar in beard and marginal. Melzi, G. II, p. 118; Parenti, M., p. 171. CARDANO, Girolamo - MANTOVANI, Vincenzo. Vita di Girolamo Cardano milanese filosofo medico e letterato celebratissimo.Milano, tipografia di Gio. Battista Sonzogno, 1821 8vo; 225x145 mm. Cardboard binding. Pp. XXI, 371, (1). Author's portrait engraved by L. Rados. Good uncut copy with margins. First edition. Independent volume taken from the "Raccolta di vite e memorie d'uomini illustri scritto da loro stessi". Vincenzo Mantovani (1773-1832), doctor, scholar and professor of medicine, was a renowned translator who had the merit of translating the first Italian version, and absolutely the first European version into a foreign language, of one of the most celebrated and well-known texts of Western philosophy: the "Kritik der reinen Vernunft" by Immanuel Kant. Bound with: CAIMO, Norberto. Lettere d'un vago italiano ad un suo amico.Pittburgo [i.e. Milan], 1764-1767 In 8vo, 210x150 mm., contemporary decorated cardboard binding. Pp. 215, portrait of Girolamo Cardano within medallion on the frontispiece. Small defects on binding and internally some small stains. Uncut specimen with margins.

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