Pontano Giovanni. - Dialogi diversorum argumentorum. Aldo Manuzio. - 1519

Giovanni Pontano. De Aspiratione. Dialogi diversi argumentorum. De Sermone. Belli quod Ferdinandus Neapolitanus rex cum Ioanne Andeganiensium duce gessit. Venice, in the houses of Aldus and Andreae soceri, in April 1519. Splendid edition printed by Aldo Manuzio of the collection of works by the eminent Neapolitan humanist and statesman. Highlights of this collection include the essay De Sermone on the use of the word as a “courteous amusement” and De Bello Neapolitano, a contemporary chronicle of the war between King Ferrante and Giovanni di Lorena. Leather binding in a seventeenth-century parchment. Calligraphic title on the spine. Dimensions 20x13, pages 1–47 and 68–318 (full-sheet numbering). The dialogue Charon is not present (cards 48–67) because it was censored by ecclesiastical authority. Excellent condition.

Utropspris:SEK 3,938.2

Visa alla föremål frånCatawikiellerBöcker, Kartor och Texter