Accession number:
PML 24364
Published:
Venice : Nicolo di Astorila, called Zoppino, 1535.
Description:
16 leaves ; 4 x 6 cm
Notes:
F. 1, title in 7 lines above a large woodcut depicting a seated astrologer pointing to the heavens, f. 16b, line 1, [symbol] Finisse il lunario di Maestro Camillo de Leonar is da Pesaro ... line 9, [symbol] Stampato in Vinegia per Nicolo di Aristorile detto Zappino. Nell anno del signore del mese di Marzo M.D. XXXIII. below, a small woodcut depicting a seated bishop who receives a tray upon which are 3 apples (!) from a woman kneeling before him.
The woodcut bindings of this book are reproduced (as covers) in Baer, Leo `Mit holzschnitten versierte buchumschlage d. XV u. XVI jahr.' and discussed under no. XI.
34 lines.
Collation: A[superscript]16.
Mounted upon thin cardboard, on the inner covers is pasted a leaf ... Dante.
Binding:
Bound in XVI century Italian woodcut paper covers, with a design in the style of Zoan Andrea of Venice (ca. 1533) ... enclosed in a case lettered ... Italian woodcut, panel bindings.
Provenance:
From the collections of C. Fairfax Murray & Joseph Baer (bookdealer) of Frankfurt a/M.
Catalog Link:
Classification:
Genres:
Department: