1758 POETICAL TREATISE by BARTOLI antique ILLUSTRATED

G. Bartoli

Il vero disegno delle due tavolette d'avorio chiamate Dittico Quiriniano ora la prima volta dato in luce.


Parma, Francesco Borsi, 1758. 

6 leaves, 68, 1 pp, 1 leaf;

with engraved title vignette, engraved text vignette and engraved initio,
as well as a woodcut and 1 folded double plate;

Original decorative gilt-tooled red morocco binding with gilt spine, covers and edges, marbled endpapers and gilt edges.

-Wurzbach 1, 171; DG 12.3405. -

Treatise by the poet, linguist and antiquarian GB (1717-1790) on a late antique ivory diptych with two pairs of lovers (now in the Museum of Brescia), which was probably made to celebrate a wedding.

Good condition, some wear

Size 8 1/4 by 10 3/4"

Text in Italian

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