GIOVIO, PAOLO. 1483-1552.
Elogia Virorum Literis Illustrium. Basel: Peter Perna, 1577.
Elogia Virorum Literis Illustrium. Basel: Peter Perna, 1577.
Folio (334 x 218 mm). Title within historiated woodcut border, 63 woodcut portraits (60 by Tobias Stimmer and 3 by Christoffel van Sichem). Contemporary vellum. Some intermittent light browning and staining.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION with the illustrations by Tobias Stimmer. The work includes striking portraits of the great Renaissance authors and a high number of Muslim dignities including military leaders. Giovio's portrait of Mehmet II, probably based on a model by Gentile Bellini, shows the influence of Ottoman prototypes that depict the sultan smelling a rose. Adams G-648; Lipperheide Cg 7; VD 16 G 2063.
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Elogia Virorum Literis Illustrium. Basel: Peter Perna, 1577.
Elogia Virorum Literis Illustrium. Basel: Peter Perna, 1577.
Folio (334 x 218 mm). Title within historiated woodcut border, 63 woodcut portraits (60 by Tobias Stimmer and 3 by Christoffel van Sichem). Contemporary vellum. Some intermittent light browning and staining.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION with the illustrations by Tobias Stimmer. The work includes striking portraits of the great Renaissance authors and a high number of Muslim dignities including military leaders. Giovio's portrait of Mehmet II, probably based on a model by Gentile Bellini, shows the influence of Ottoman prototypes that depict the sultan smelling a rose. Adams G-648; Lipperheide Cg 7; VD 16 G 2063.
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