Accession number
PML 151773
Creator
Zani, Valerio, conte, d. 1696.
Published
In Bologna : Per li Manolessi, 1672.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Edited by Giovanni Battista Capponi.
Emblem book 103 engravings, of which 70 are emblems, and 32 full page engravings mostly portraits of members of the Academia, among the portraits are those of Cardinals Gessi, (Berlingiero and Cesare, Camillo and Carlo) and Fulvio Antonio, all by I.M. Mitelli (see Bertarelli Incisioni di Giuseppe M. Mitelli, Nos. 674-648) Both Caracci and Mitelli were members of the Academy. 12 leaves including engraved title, engraved portrait of Cardinal Barberini, fine engraved frontispiece by A. Caracci, 406 pages & i unnumbered leaf. See Praz Studies in 17th century Imagery, L, #3.
Two added engraved t.p.
Emblem book 103 engravings, of which 70 are emblems, and 32 full page engravings mostly portraits of members of the Academia, among the portraits are those of Cardinals Gessi, (Berlingiero and Cesare, Camillo and Carlo) and Fulvio Antonio, all by I.M. Mitelli (see Bertarelli Incisioni di Giuseppe M. Mitelli, Nos. 674-648) Both Caracci and Mitelli were members of the Academy. 12 leaves including engraved title, engraved portrait of Cardinal Barberini, fine engraved frontispiece by A. Caracci, 406 pages & i unnumbered leaf. See Praz Studies in 17th century Imagery, L, #3.
Two added engraved t.p.
Description
[xxiv], 406, [2] p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary vellum.
Classification
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