Giulio Cesare CROCE
Bertoldino et Cacasenno
Pietro Pinolato|Venezia [Venice] • (Venise) [Venice] 1782|18.50 x 10.50 cm|relié
First edition. The original dates from 1606.
Fine printing on quality paper. Illustrated with 20 woodcuts in a popular and rustic style, a medallion portrait and a frontispiece (copperplate).
Half navy glazed calf binding late 19th century, spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons.
The copy, of perfect whiteness, appears to have been washed. Giulio Cesare Croce (1550-1609), born in the province of Bologna, came from a poor family, he studied medicine then launched into a literary career, then died poor. Bertoldino and Cacasenno are two emblematic and extremely popular characters of Italy, they have become types, Bertoldino is a cunning and crafty character, who contra
Fine printing on quality paper. Illustrated with 20 woodcuts in a popular and rustic style, a medallion portrait and a frontispiece (copperplate).
Half navy glazed calf binding late 19th century, spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons.
The copy, of perfect whiteness, appears to have been washed. Giulio Cesare Croce (1550-1609), born in the province of Bologna, came from a poor family, he studied medicine then launched into a literary career, then died poor. Bertoldino and Cacasenno are two emblematic and extremely popular characters of Italy, they have become types, Bertoldino is a cunning and crafty character, who contra
€400