Dialogo de las empresas militares, y amorosas, compuesto en lengua italiana, por ... Paulo jovio ... con un razonamento a esse proposito, del magnifico ... ludovico domeniqui ... gabriel symeon ...
Hardcover
1561 · Lyon
by GIOVIO, Paolo (1483-1552).
Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1561. Hardcover. Very Good+. 2 parts separately titled, 4to (200x 140mm). [16], 1-263pp. Signatures: *-**(4); a-z(4); A-K(4). Each title with engraved woodcut printers device of Rouille, two serpents flanking eagle on sphere within cartouche border of putti, p. 222 with device of the author. 137 in-text emblems of illustrious individuals in Italian society with descriptions and mottos. Full 16th-century calf, edges stained red; (title and first two quires somewhat soiled, hinge cracked, tape repair on p. 9, edgewear, impressions remain good). Extra inscriptions on front flyleaf in sixteenth-century Italian hand giving names Mariana and Manoel and final verso with ownership inscriptions. Modern armorial bookplate of Bibliotheque I.G. Schorsch on the front pastedown.
Paolo Giovio of Como had resided in the court of Alfonso dAvalos in Vittoria Colonna and had been a papal curate in service to popes Leo X (1513-1521) through Paul III (1534-1549). This work was published posthumously, unillustrated, first in Rome by Antonio Barre in 1555. This edition is the Lyon reprint by Guillaume Rouille first issued in 1559 as the first illustrated edition. Giovios Dialogo was written as a dialogue between him and his friend Ludovico Domenichi (1515-1564). Giovio was the first author who composed a treatise devoted entirely to imprese, those personal devices that exemplified sixteenth-century thought on self. Giovios impresa focused on illustrating certain subsets of Italian aristocratic society and giving guiding rules for their make-up; they take the form of coats of arms, liveries, emblems, reverses of medals, and hieroglyphics. In the sixteenth century, the fashionable imprese was valued as it bolstered self-identity, specifically within the context of courts, academic communities, and humanistic centers. The imprese was believed to relate to some aspects of the bearers personality as an expression of their individuality. Through text and iconography, the imprese stimulated the viewers intellect through images and words and satisfied a certain social pressure for asserting oneself. Paolo Giovios Dialogo delle imprese is the work that gave origin to the rich tradition of Italian treatises and dialogues on the impresa. (Inventory #: JC14672)
Paolo Giovio of Como had resided in the court of Alfonso dAvalos in Vittoria Colonna and had been a papal curate in service to popes Leo X (1513-1521) through Paul III (1534-1549). This work was published posthumously, unillustrated, first in Rome by Antonio Barre in 1555. This edition is the Lyon reprint by Guillaume Rouille first issued in 1559 as the first illustrated edition. Giovios Dialogo was written as a dialogue between him and his friend Ludovico Domenichi (1515-1564). Giovio was the first author who composed a treatise devoted entirely to imprese, those personal devices that exemplified sixteenth-century thought on self. Giovios impresa focused on illustrating certain subsets of Italian aristocratic society and giving guiding rules for their make-up; they take the form of coats of arms, liveries, emblems, reverses of medals, and hieroglyphics. In the sixteenth century, the fashionable imprese was valued as it bolstered self-identity, specifically within the context of courts, academic communities, and humanistic centers. The imprese was believed to relate to some aspects of the bearers personality as an expression of their individuality. Through text and iconography, the imprese stimulated the viewers intellect through images and words and satisfied a certain social pressure for asserting oneself. Paolo Giovios Dialogo delle imprese is the work that gave origin to the rich tradition of Italian treatises and dialogues on the impresa. (Inventory #: JC14672)