1592 LIVES of POPES ILLUSTRATED w/ 240 WOODCUTS antique 16th CENTURY

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Title: 1592 LIVES of POPES ILLUSTRATED w/ 240 WOODCUTS antique 16th CENTURY

Description: [Le vite di tutti i pontefici da S. Piero in qua (...)]
In Venezia; 1592
(The lives of all the popes from S. Piero onwards (...)
320 pages.
Missing title page (facsimile included)
240 woodcut portraits of the Popes with their coats of arms starting from Saint Peter.
Original limp vellum binding.
Bookblock detached, some stains
First edition edited by Tomaso Costo (ca. 1545-1613), Neapolitan poet, classicist, and member of the Accademia della Crusca.
He used the edition of Platina that had been corrected by Onofrio Panvinio (1529-1568).
Beautifully illustrated edition with round woodcuts depicting the Popes.
The front page dedicated to Jesus Christ.
The work of Platina (1421-1481) originally appeared in 1474.
Size 5 by 7 inches
Text in Italian

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1592 LIVES of POPES ILLUSTRATED w/ 240 WOODCUTS antique 16th CENTURY

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