GLISSENTI, Fabio (fl.17th-century). Discorsi Morali...contra il dispiacer del morire. Venice: Bartolomeo de gli Alberti, 1609.
6 parts in one volume, 4° (206 x 160mm). Large woodcut device on title with author’s portrait on verso at beginning of each part, numerous large woodcuts in text on the subject of death, woodcut headpieces and initials. (Occasional small marginal wormholes, at times repaired and mainly in bottom right corner, sometimes just touching a few letters, small marginal repair on a8, occasional light staining and soiling.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine and on lower fore-edge (lacking ties, a small hole, some light staining). Provenance: Giovanbattista Bryony (ownership inscription).
Second edition of Glissenti’s principal treatise: a work with numerous woodcut illustrations on the Dance of Death and concluding with an alchemical treatise. The work was first published in Venice in 1596. Ferguson 330 (first edition in note).
GLISSENTI, Fabio (fl.17th-century). Discorsi Morali...contra il dispiacer del morire. Venice: Bartolomeo de gli Alberti, 1609.
6 parts in one volume, 4° (206 x 160mm). Large woodcut device on title with author’s portrait on verso at beginning of each part, numerous large woodcuts in text on the subject of death, woodcut headpieces and initials. (Occasional small marginal wormholes, at times repaired and mainly in bottom right corner, sometimes just touching a few letters, small marginal repair on a8, occasional light staining and soiling.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine and on lower fore-edge (lacking ties, a small hole, some light staining). Provenance: Giovanbattista Bryony (ownership inscription).
Second edition of Glissenti’s principal treatise: a work with numerous woodcut illustrations on the Dance of Death and concluding with an alchemical treatise. The work was first published in Venice in 1596. Ferguson 330 (first edition in note).
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