Aminta. : Favola Boschereccia / del Sig. Torqvato Tasso ; di nouo corretta, & di bellissime, & vaghe figure adornata.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595.

Contributor:

Manassi, Nicolò, fl. 1582-1590.

Manuzio, Aldo, 1547-1597., Printer.

Turner, Evan H., Donor.

Turner, Albert Morton., Former owner.

Foreign Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

Italian

Genre:

Vellum bindings (Binding).

Physical Description:

[8], 80 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

In Venetia. : Presso Aldo., MDXC [1590]

Notes:

Signatures: * A-K⁴.

"Con privilegio."

Aldine printer's device on title page.

Date precedes name of press on title page; Roman numerals printed with turned Cs.

Dedication signed: Nicolò Manassi.

Title set within a cartouche.

Portrait of the author on p. [8].

Woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut vignettes are framed within archtiectural border.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Exhibited: "Three generations of book collectors," at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 2012.

Athenaeum copy bound in limp vellum; with ink inscription on t.p.: Ex libroni selectii conventu ... [unreadable]

Athenaeum copy: Gift of: Evan H Turner (2006), from the collection of Professor Albert Morton Turner (1890-1976).

Cited in:

Renouard, A.A. Annali delle Edizioni Aldine, p.245, no.5

Brunet V, 672