BOCCHI, Achille (1488-1562). Symbolocarum quaestionum libri quinque. Bologna: Societas typographiae Bononiensis, 1574.
4o (201 x 141 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, 151 engraved embelms attributed to Giulio Bonasone after Prospero Fontana and Parmigianino (some light staining). 19th-century red morocco gilt.
Second edition of this celebrated emblem book, by Bocchi who was "among the first emblematists" (Praz). Adams B-2195; Brunet I:1021; Harvard/Mortimer Italian 77; Praz p.23.
BOCCHI, Achille (1488-1562). Symbolocarum quaestionum libri quinque. Bologna: Societas typographiae Bononiensis, 1574.
4o (201 x 141 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, 151 engraved embelms attributed to Giulio Bonasone after Prospero Fontana and Parmigianino (some light staining). 19th-century red morocco gilt.
Second edition of this celebrated emblem book, by Bocchi who was "among the first emblematists" (Praz). Adams B-2195; Brunet I:1021; Harvard/Mortimer Italian 77; Praz p.23.
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