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