Cento favole morali, de i piu illustri antichi & moderni autori greci , & latini / scielte & trattate in varie maniere di versi volgari da M. Gio. Mario Verdizotti ; nelle quali oltra l'ornamento di uarie e belle figure, si contengono molti precetti pertinenti alla prudenza della uita uirtuosa & ciuile.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verdizotti, Giovanni Mario, 1525-1600.

Contributor:

Ziletti, Giordano, active 16th century.

Vecchi, Alessandro de', active 1602-1630, printer.

Early Venetian Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Italian Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Fables, Classical.

Fables, Italian.

Animals--Folklore--Early works to 1800.

Animals--Folklore.

Animals in art--Early works to 1800.

Animals in art.

Penn Provenance:

Haney, John Louis, 1877-1960 (bookplate) (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

301, that is, 299 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm (4to)

Edition:

Nouamente ampliate dall'istesso autore.

Fingerprint:

e-ro o.O, e;e? AlSi (3) 1599 (R)

Place of Publication:

In Venetia : Appresso Alessandro de' Vecchi, M.D.IC [1599]

Notes:

Signatures: [fleur]⁴ A⁴ B-S⁸ T⁶ V⁴.

First published in Venice in 1570.

With full page woodcuts many of which were designed and cut by Giordano Ziletti for the 1577 edition, while others are frequently ascribed to be after Titian.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy bound in full speckled calf with gold-tooled border; title stamped in gold on spine; gold-tooled floral designs on spine; gold-tooled cover edges; all edges red.

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of John Louis Haney on front pastedown.

Cited in:

EDIT 16 CNCE 72270

OCLC:

79380509