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48 - GIOVIO, Paolo – *Elogia Virorum bellica virtute illustrium*,…
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GIOVIO, Paolo – *Elogia Virorum bellica virtute illustrium*, in seven books, long since compiled by the author and now adorned with vivid illustrations drawn from his own museum. Bale, Petrus Perna and Heinrich Petri, 1575. Folio, (4) folios including the author’s portrait, 391 (14) pp., title page in a frame, one folio with a repaired margin, a few faint stains and water marks, ivory vellum, ribbed spine, ref. ADAMS G-644. Dedicated to François de Médicis. 128 portraits wood-engraved by Tobias Stimmer, surrounded by Baroque frames, ten of which are empty. This edition, the first to be illustrated, has long served as an iconographic source, particularly for certain portraits. It was this edition that truly revealed the treasures gathered in the palace built by the author on the shores of Lake Como. The publisher, Pierre Perna, had the idea of having the most important portraits of the military figures housed in this museum engraved.
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About the sale The Jean Demaux Collection – Part 2
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Auction time 09/16/2026 at 2:00 PM
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