Niccolò MARTELLI
Il primo libro delle lettere di Nicolo Martelli
Nicolo Martelli|Fiorenza [Florence] 1546|13.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, very rare. Portrait of Nicolo Martelli on title page, woodcut, in a medallion. Address and place in colophon: In Fiorenza a instanza dell'auttore, l'anno MDXLVI adi xviij del mese di giugno. Printed by Antonio Francesco Doni. Printed in italics. Edition dedicated to Maddalena Buonaiuta, wife of Luigi Alamanni.
Only one copy at Cambridge University, nothing in the electronic catalogues of the British Library or the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. One copy at the Paul Getty Museum. Listed in Italian sixteen century books, Harvard College Library, p. 426, 427. Vellum copy, gift of Philip Hofer.
Ca. 1820 binding in half brown sheep. Spine with false raised bands decora
Only one copy at Cambridge University, nothing in the electronic catalogues of the British Library or the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. One copy at the Paul Getty Museum. Listed in Italian sixteen century books, Harvard College Library, p. 426, 427. Vellum copy, gift of Philip Hofer.
Ca. 1820 binding in half brown sheep. Spine with false raised bands decora
€1,400