Libri, nel qual s'insegna à Scriver ogni sorte lettera, Antica, & Moderna, di qualun que natione... S.l.n.d. [Rome, Antonio Blado Asolano, August 1550]. In-4, stiff vellum, blue edges (19th century binding).
VERY RARE EDITION OF THIS TREATY OF CALLIGRAPHY, illustrated with a portrait on the title, a plate representing the various instruments of the calligrapher, a curious full-page figure (large oval medallion charged with a radiant lighted candle on which a butterfly is resting) and innumerable models of writing in all languages.
Old handwritten bookplate on the title and verso of the last leaf.
From the library of Émile Nourry (1976, n°15).
Title lined, one bifeuillet detached in the H book, tear without missing restored to 4 leaves, some stains and foxing. Missing the last leaf (blank?). Numerous pages with pale print
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