Lot 813
F. de Ficoroni, Le maschere sceniche e le figure comiche d’antichi Romani. Rom 1736.
Estimate
€ 600
Starting Price
€ 400
Lot:
813
Category:
Book studies and writing, arts and decorative arts
Artist:
Francesco de Ficoroni
Ficoroni, Francesco de: Le maschere sceniche e le figure comiche d'antichi Romani. Rom: A. de Rossi 1736. 25,5 x 18,5 cm. With a engr. vignette and 85 (1 double-page sized) copper plates. 10 leaves, pp. 9–227, 1 unnumbered page. Parchment with gilded spine title and coat of arms.
(Spine more heavily rubbed; bumped. Several plates with wormholes visible against the white margins; plate 6 with a restored tear; overall, slightly foxed.)
Lipperheide Be 24. Cicognara 1652. Hiler 313. -First edition of this richly illustrated work on theatre masks. – ‘Opera che in questa materia può ritenersi per la più classica e copiosa di quante l’hanno preceduta, e seguitata’ (Cicogn.).
(Spine more heavily rubbed; bumped. Several plates with wormholes visible against the white margins; plate 6 with a restored tear; overall, slightly foxed.)
Lipperheide Be 24. Cicognara 1652. Hiler 313. -First edition of this richly illustrated work on theatre masks. – ‘Opera che in questa materia può ritenersi per la più classica e copiosa di quante l’hanno preceduta, e seguitata’ (Cicogn.).