FONTANA, Fulvio (1648-1723). I pregi della Toscana . Florence: Pier Mattia Miccioni and Michele Nestenus, 1701. 2° (359 x 235mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait and 37 engraved plates of naval subjects by Hubert Vincent woodcut historiated and ornamental head- and tailpieces and initials. (Small holes on half-title, occasional soiling.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine and initials on front cover (tail of spine worn, hinges cracked, bowed and some staining). Provenance : Fra Benedetto da Firenze? (ownership inscription) -- Ugo Ojetti (1871-1946; book-label).
FONTANA, Fulvio (1648-1723). I pregi della Toscana . Florence: Pier Mattia Miccioni and Michele Nestenus, 1701. 2° (359 x 235mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait and 37 engraved plates of naval subjects by Hubert Vincent woodcut historiated and ornamental head- and tailpieces and initials. (Small holes on half-title, occasional soiling.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine and initials on front cover (tail of spine worn, hinges cracked, bowed and some staining). Provenance : Fra Benedetto da Firenze? (ownership inscription) -- Ugo Ojetti (1871-1946; book-label). FIRST EDITION WITH FINE PLATES of Fontana's history of the knightly order of Saint Stephen. The order was founded by Cosimo de' Medici in 1562 and one of its main aims was the defense of Tuscany's coast against pirates. The fine plates illustrate battles at Algiers, Negroponte, Bona, Sisto, Namur and elsewhere. The present copy belonged to the Italian writer Ugo Ojetti. Atabey 441; Graesse II, 611.
FONTANA, Fulvio (1648-1723). I pregi della Toscana . Florence: Pier Mattia Miccioni and Michele Nestenus, 1701. 2° (359 x 235mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait and 37 engraved plates of naval subjects by Hubert Vincent woodcut historiated and ornamental head- and tailpieces and initials. (Small holes on half-title, occasional soiling.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine and initials on front cover (tail of spine worn, hinges cracked, bowed and some staining). Provenance : Fra Benedetto da Firenze? (ownership inscription) -- Ugo Ojetti (1871-1946; book-label).
FONTANA, Fulvio (1648-1723). I pregi della Toscana . Florence: Pier Mattia Miccioni and Michele Nestenus, 1701. 2° (359 x 235mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait and 37 engraved plates of naval subjects by Hubert Vincent woodcut historiated and ornamental head- and tailpieces and initials. (Small holes on half-title, occasional soiling.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine and initials on front cover (tail of spine worn, hinges cracked, bowed and some staining). Provenance : Fra Benedetto da Firenze? (ownership inscription) -- Ugo Ojetti (1871-1946; book-label). FIRST EDITION WITH FINE PLATES of Fontana's history of the knightly order of Saint Stephen. The order was founded by Cosimo de' Medici in 1562 and one of its main aims was the defense of Tuscany's coast against pirates. The fine plates illustrate battles at Algiers, Negroponte, Bona, Sisto, Namur and elsewhere. The present copy belonged to the Italian writer Ugo Ojetti. Atabey 441; Graesse II, 611.
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