25th Sep, 2019 10:00

Books & Works on Paper
 
Lot 3
 

Andreini (Isabella) Lettere, third edition, woodcut printer’s device, historiated initials, lacking K1, L1 trimmed, a few tiny paper flaws, light browning, ex libris of G. Ferrari, limp vellum, soiled and stained, title inked to spine, Sebastiano Combi, Venice, 1612, with Orsini (Domenico Maria) Componimenti Poetici…, 5 parts in one with separate titles and continuous pagination, engraved armorial device of the dedicatee cardinal Galeazzo Marescotti to title, woodcut ornaments, damp staining, dust soiling, some tearing, first and last leaves with loss to inner margin, unbound, Gio. Francesco Chracas, Rome, 1712, 4to (2) *** Isabella Andreini (1562-1604), also known as Isabella da Padova, was an Italian actress and writer, leader of the Compagnia dei Gelosi, the most famous of the early commedia dell’arte companies. A brilliant and beautiful woman, Isabella was the subject of adoring verse by both French and Italian poets. She married Francesco Andreini, members of the Golosi troupe.

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