Garzoni, Tomaso. La Sinagoga de gl’ignoranti [“The Synagogue of the Ignorant”]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $450

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author

(ANTISEMITICA)

printer

Roberto Meietti

Place

Venice

Publication

1601

Description

Second edition. Printer's mark on title. Initial letters richly historiated

summary

Tomaso Garzoni of Bagnacavallo (1549-1589) was a Dominican monk who achieved renown in recognition of his monumental encyclopedic work Universal Piazza of all the Professions of the World (1585)

pp. (12), 195. (The indices which belong at the end of the book were mistakenly bound by the printer between pp. 8-9.) Marginal repair to title. Waterstained. Final five leaves wormed with virtually no loss of text. Modern boards. 8vo

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