Funerali Antichi di Diuersi Popoli et Nationi.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

PORCACCHI, TOMASO.

printer

Simon Galignani de Karera

Place

Venice

Publication

1574

Description

First edition. Title within elaborate architectural frame in the neo-classical style. 23 fine engravings by Girolamo Porro depicting an aspect of funeral custom. Large woodcut device at end.

references

Adams P1903; Mortimer, Italian Sixteenth Century Books, 395.

summary

This famous illustrated work of the Renaissance is an overview of the burial customs of various cultures in antiquity. Not just an historical, sociological and anthropological study, Funerali Antichi is also an important medical work.

pp. (8), 109, (1). Modern blind-tooled calf. Folio.

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