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Cartari, Vincenzo (c. 1531-1590) Le Imagini de I Dei de Gli Antichi.
Venice: Francesco Ziletti, 1587.
Quarto, illustrated with eighty-six full-page engravings (all printed on sheets integral to typographical text); lacking final ?blank; bound in 18th century parchment over stiff boards with gilt-tooled title to spine, some staining and spotting to contents, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Cartari, Italian translator of Ovid's Fasti, deeply immersed himself in the study of ancient gods and myths, as in this, one of his most popular works. With dozens of imaginative illustrations, Caratri focuses on visual story-telling, featuring iconography from the ancient pantheon of mythical gods.
