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AMICO, Bernardino

Trattato delle piante & immagini de sacri edifizi di Terra Santa disegnate in Jerusaleme

Florence
P. Cecconcelli
1620 (col. 1619)

€2.400 - €4.000

In-folio, [8]- 65- [1] pp, Engraved title page with Medici arms, 34 double-page engraved plates (depicting 47 views and plans) by Jacques Callot, woodcut headers, footers and initials, woodcut printer's device on colophon. Old gilt polished calf (rubbed, joints starting to split, corners def.), covers with rectangular decoration of double gilt ruled borders and gilt corner pieces, gilts spine, all edges gilt

"First published in 1609, this second edition is the first to include plates engraved by Jacques Callot, who was commissioned for the work by Cosimo II de Medici. The author, a Franciscan, resided in the Holy Land from 1593 to 1597, during which time he surveyed the ancient sacred buildings, mostly in Jerusalem. Ref. Atabey 20; Berlin Kat. 2782; Blackmer 31; Fowler 19"

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