Girolamo RUSCELLI
Le imprese illustri : con espositioni et discorsi del S.or Ieronimo Ruscelli
Comin da Trino di Monteferrato|Venezia [Venice] 1572|16.50 x 22.50 cm|3 parties reliées en un volume
Le Imprese Illustri : con Espositioni et Discorsi del S.or Ieronimo Ruscelli
Comin da Trino di Monteferrato, Venezia 1572, in-4 (16,5 x 22,5 cm), (8) 191 pp. (20) 193-288 pp., 3 parts bound in one volume, later full parchment
Second edition, the first one was published in Venice in 1566. The work is illustrated with a portrait of the author and 128 engravings of which 17 plates engraved by Nicolò Nelli et Gaspare Oselli in addition to a double page engraving by Domenico Zenoi, representing the battle of Mühlberg. Each of the three parts contents an engraved title page representing a sophisticated structure, the first bearing the€5,000