Ioannis Baptistae Veri Rerum Venetarum Libri IV…
VERO, Giovanni Battista. Ioannis Baptistae Veri Rerum Venetarum Libri IV…
Amsterdam: Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1644
12mo. (125 x 70mm.). Engraved frontispiece with title cartouche, showing a naval battle [probably Lepanto], woodcut printer’s device to title. A little light scattered spotting throughout, small paperflaw to 2 ll. of quire K affecting a few letters of text, O5-O8 detached but present, thin line of dust-soiling to lower margin, contemporary vellum over paper boards, neat contemporary ink title to spine, corners bumped, a little scuffed. A good copy overall in a nice contemporary binding.
Willems calls this a "Jolie édition [nice edition]" of Giovanni Battista Vero’s notable history of Venice from 536 to 1615, the “most exact” of all Venetian histories, according to Foscarini. Vero (1600-1684), born in Venice, and became a canon in Padua, where he was librarian of the Biblioteca Capitolare. This is mostly a history of the various wars waged by Venice in the course of her illustrious history, including campaigns against the Moors, Syrians, and Turks, but also the Pisans, Carrarans, and Florentines, as well as other Italian states.
Willems calls for "la Minerve" headpiece; this copy, however, is a variant with the buffalo head device; it was most likely not printed by the Elzeviers themselves, and has been variously attributed in the bibliographies to Fr. de Heger and Vander Marse. It retains the 3 final blanks called for in BS.
W 1017; B 1039; BS 296; R 1016; not in Copinger; cf. P. Marasca, Cenni sulla vita di Gio. Battista Vero di Breganze canonico di Padova, Vicenza 1866.
VERO, Giovanni Battista. Ioannis Baptistae Veri Rerum Venetarum Libri IV…
Amsterdam: Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1644
12mo. (125 x 70mm.). Engraved frontispiece with title cartouche, showing a naval battle [probably Lepanto], woodcut printer’s device to title. A little light scattered spotting throughout, small paperflaw to 2 ll. of quire K affecting a few letters of text, O5-O8 detached but present, thin line of dust-soiling to lower margin, contemporary vellum over paper boards, neat contemporary ink title to spine, corners bumped, a little scuffed. A good copy overall in a nice contemporary binding.
Willems calls this a "Jolie édition [nice edition]" of Giovanni Battista Vero’s notable history of Venice from 536 to 1615, the “most exact” of all Venetian histories, according to Foscarini. Vero (1600-1684), born in Venice, and became a canon in Padua, where he was librarian of the Biblioteca Capitolare. This is mostly a history of the various wars waged by Venice in the course of her illustrious history, including campaigns against the Moors, Syrians, and Turks, but also the Pisans, Carrarans, and Florentines, as well as other Italian states.
Willems calls for "la Minerve" headpiece; this copy, however, is a variant with the buffalo head device; it was most likely not printed by the Elzeviers themselves, and has been variously attributed in the bibliographies to Fr. de Heger and Vander Marse. It retains the 3 final blanks called for in BS.
W 1017; B 1039; BS 296; R 1016; not in Copinger; cf. P. Marasca, Cenni sulla vita di Gio. Battista Vero di Breganze canonico di Padova, Vicenza 1866.
VERO, Giovanni Battista. Ioannis Baptistae Veri Rerum Venetarum Libri IV…
Amsterdam: Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1644
12mo. (125 x 70mm.). Engraved frontispiece with title cartouche, showing a naval battle [probably Lepanto], woodcut printer’s device to title. A little light scattered spotting throughout, small paperflaw to 2 ll. of quire K affecting a few letters of text, O5-O8 detached but present, thin line of dust-soiling to lower margin, contemporary vellum over paper boards, neat contemporary ink title to spine, corners bumped, a little scuffed. A good copy overall in a nice contemporary binding.
Willems calls this a "Jolie édition [nice edition]" of Giovanni Battista Vero’s notable history of Venice from 536 to 1615, the “most exact” of all Venetian histories, according to Foscarini. Vero (1600-1684), born in Venice, and became a canon in Padua, where he was librarian of the Biblioteca Capitolare. This is mostly a history of the various wars waged by Venice in the course of her illustrious history, including campaigns against the Moors, Syrians, and Turks, but also the Pisans, Carrarans, and Florentines, as well as other Italian states.
Willems calls for "la Minerve" headpiece; this copy, however, is a variant with the buffalo head device; it was most likely not printed by the Elzeviers themselves, and has been variously attributed in the bibliographies to Fr. de Heger and Vander Marse. It retains the 3 final blanks called for in BS.
W 1017; B 1039; BS 296; R 1016; not in Copinger; cf. P. Marasca, Cenni sulla vita di Gio. Battista Vero di Breganze canonico di Padova, Vicenza 1866.