GUALDO PRIORATO, Galeazzo (1606-1678) - Scena d'huomini illustri d'Italia. Venice: Andrea Giuliani, 1659.   A good copy with important provenance of the Gallery of Illustrious Men by Gualdo Priorato, a learned and renowned historian. The work compiles the lives of 43 individuals, each preceded by a portrait and the coat of arms of the respective person. By choise of the author the work is without page numbering and signatures in order to facilitate the addition of new biographies (Autori italiani del Seicento, p. 152-153, n. 652).   4to (282 x 197mm). Engraved frontispiece, title with printer's device, woodcut initials and tailpieces, engraved headpieces, portrait and coat of arms of Doge Giovanni Pesari engraved by Giacomo Piccini, and 43 engraved plates (lacking the final two pages of the life of Pietro Marcellino, possibly replaced due to a printing error, occasional small spots, minimal foxing). 19th-century red calf, gilt titles on spine, gilt edges, marbled endpapers (light wear at the joints and edges, slightly faded spine). Provenance: "From the library of Louis Thompson Rowe of XV Hammersmith Terrace, W. " - Henry B.H. Beaufox F.R.S - G.F. Hill (a series of bookplates on front endpaper).

Estimate € 300 - 500

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