Porro, Girolamo

CAMILLI, Camillo Imprese illustri di diversi, coi discorsi di Camillo Camilli, et con le figure intagliate in rame di Girolamo Porro [...]. Venice Fr. Ziletti 1586 3 parts in 1 vol., sm. 4to: [8, engr. title incl.]-182-[2 bl.], 95 [engr. title incl.]-[1 bl.], 56 [engr. title incl.] pp. (sl. marg. damp stains, a larger one on pp. 21-28 of 1st part, sl. browning, occ. pp. sl. browned, some soiling, staining (i.a. on pp. 115 and 151), ill. on p. 19 of 1st pt. engr. upside down). Contemp. vellum, blind -decorated and ruled covers, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red spr. edges (joints partly split). First and unique edition of Camilli's emblem book, in which the devices of illustrious figures are treated as emblems. Illustrated by Girolamo Porro with 108 nice copper-engr. in-text and titles within 3 different architectural borders. Ref. EDIT 16 8702. - Mortimer 99. - Landwehr, Romanic, 202. - Praz p. 296. - Cicognara 1870 ("forse il Porro non esegui opera più bella e più di questa elegante", calls probably erroneously for an edition in 1585). - STC Italian p. 140. - Not in Adams. Prov. Armorial bookpl.