CONTI NATALE Mythologiae sive explicationum fabularum libri

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CONTI, NATALE. Mythologiae sive explicationum fabularum libri decem. Numerous woodcut illustrations of mythological figures and scenes; folding woodcut diagram of the heavens. [44], 614, 7, 6-56, [4] pages, including half-title. 4to, 18th-century vellum gilt with morocco lettering piece; contents browned. Biblioteca Terzi bookplate. Padua: Paulus Frambottus, 1637

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Popular and influential manual of Greco-Roman mythology first published in 1567, used heavily by contemporary poets and artists, including Chapman and Bacon in England. See Seznec, The Survival of the Pagan Gods, pages 279 and 313.