Lot 40 Valerio Marcellino. Il Diamerone, ove con vive …

Il Diamerone, ove con vive ragioni si mostra, La Morte non esser quel male, che'l senso si persuade. Con una dotta, e giudiciosa lettera over discorso intorno alla lingua volgare. Mit großer Druckermarke (diese wiederholt), 5 belebte, großformatige Initialen, sowie 16 zumeist illustrierte Vignetten. Venedig, Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari, 1564. 24 Bll. (Sign. a-c8), 128 2 leaves (errata, printer's pagination remark) pages. 8°. Pgmt. d. Zt. auf fünf Schmückbünden, der Rücken mit goldgepr. Tit. u. hs. Besitzervermerk (teils fleckig und berieben).

Alte Drucke, Bibeln, Klassische Autoren in den Originalsprachen – Erste Ausgabe in der ersten Auflage. - Edit 16 CNCE, 26455. - Adams I, 520. - BMC, S. 414. - Graesse IV, 381. - Gamba 1508. - Passano I, S. 412f. - Bongi, S. Annali di Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, Bd. II, S. 202f. - Sammlung fiktiver Dialoge unter venezianischen Literaten über den Tod und andere Themen, vorangestellt ist ein sprachhistorisch bedeutender Text in der Form eines fiktiven Briefs, in dem die italienische Literatursprache ("lingua volgare") diskutiert wird. - Die großformatige illustrierte Druckermarke Giolitos wiederholt sich auf dem letzten Blatt verso. Die Initialen und Zierleisten durchgehend reich und abwechslungsreich belebt. - Blätter a-c8 wasserrandig, stellenweise fleckig, hinteres Vorsatzblatt mit Läsuren entlang des Aussenstegs. Insgesamt gut erhaltenes Exemplar dieser in eleganer Kursiva gesetzten und mit illustrativem Schmuck gedruckten Ausgabe dieses Klassikers der Literatur der italienischen Spätrenaissance.

Prints before 1600, Bibles, Classics in Original Languages – First edition, first printing of this classic of late Renaissance Italian literature. - With 2 woodcut emblems of printer Giolitano, one on title page and another in varied form on last page verso, furthermore 5 pictorial woodcut initials as well as 16 mainly pictorial head-pieces and vignettes. - A collection of fictional dialogues among Venetian writers on death and other topics, preceded by a text of linguistic significance in the form of a letter, discussing the Italian literary language ('lingua volgare'). - Giolitos richly illustrated and large-format printer's mark is repeated on the verso of the last page. The initials and decorative head-pieces are richly and variedly enlivened throughout. - Leaves a-c8 waterstained, soiled and browned in places, rear fly-leaf with small tears along the outer edge. Overall, a well-preserved copy of this elegantly typeset and decoratively printed book.

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