The Florentine Fior di Virtu of 1491
Hardcover
1953 · Philadelphia
by Fersin, Nicholas
Philadelphia: Edward Stern and Company / Library of Congress, 1953. Hardcover. VG- (Covers and flyleaves have natural aging and soiling esp. around edges; former owner info on first page; pages are otherwise quite crisp and clear; NUMBERED on colophon.). Thin cream paper boards on "invicta parchment," 120 pp., BW figures. An English translation of this Book of Virtues first printed in Florence in 1491. Includes facsimiles of all of the original woodcuts. The virtues addressed are Love, Women, Pity, Cruelty, Liberality, and Avarice. #134 of special 200 copies, and one of only 3000 printed overall. (Inventory #: 155954)