MEDICI, COSIMO II DE. 1590-1621., CALLOT, JACQUES. 1592-1635. ENGRAVER.
Statuti dell'ordine de' Cavalieri di S.to Stefano. Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1620.
CALLOT, JACQUES. 1592-1635. ENGRAVER. Statuti dell'ordine de' Cavalieri di S.to Stefano. Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1620.
4to (232 x 168 mm). Engraved title page by Jacques Callot, engraved portrait of Cosimo II de Medici, printer's woodcut vignette on colophon, woodcut initials in text. Contemporary vellum, modern cloth clamshell box. Repairs to bottom of spine and top corner of lower cover, marginal repairs to title and portrait leaves, scattered foxing, a few small stains, endpapers renewed.
Provenance: Gustavo Camillo Galletti [Italian editor and bibliophile, 1805-1868] (ink stamp on portrait leaf); Baron Horace de Landau [Hungarian-born French banker, 1824-1903] (bookplate).
The Order of Saint Stephen was established by Cosimo I de Medici in 1561 as a military order of knighthood, with the first known published statutes issued in 1571. This edition, dedicated to the Order's Grand Master, Cosimo II, featured Callot's triumphal engraved title with the Medici coat of arms. Lieure 372; Meaume 428.
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Statuti dell'ordine de' Cavalieri di S.to Stefano. Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1620.
CALLOT, JACQUES. 1592-1635. ENGRAVER. Statuti dell'ordine de' Cavalieri di S.to Stefano. Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1620.
4to (232 x 168 mm). Engraved title page by Jacques Callot, engraved portrait of Cosimo II de Medici, printer's woodcut vignette on colophon, woodcut initials in text. Contemporary vellum, modern cloth clamshell box. Repairs to bottom of spine and top corner of lower cover, marginal repairs to title and portrait leaves, scattered foxing, a few small stains, endpapers renewed.
Provenance: Gustavo Camillo Galletti [Italian editor and bibliophile, 1805-1868] (ink stamp on portrait leaf); Baron Horace de Landau [Hungarian-born French banker, 1824-1903] (bookplate).
The Order of Saint Stephen was established by Cosimo I de Medici in 1561 as a military order of knighthood, with the first known published statutes issued in 1571. This edition, dedicated to the Order's Grand Master, Cosimo II, featured Callot's triumphal engraved title with the Medici coat of arms. Lieure 372; Meaume 428.
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