Apr 12, 2010 - Sale 2210

Sale 2210 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
RIPA, CESARE. Iconologia; of, Uytbeeldingen des Verstands. 196 text woodcuts. [14], 636, [8] pages, including engraved additional title. 4to, contemporary vellum; marginal foxing through much of volume, light dampstain in lower outer corner of opening leaves, rust hole affecting a few letters in 2H4. Amsterdam: (Jacob Lescaille for) Dirck Pietersz Pers, 1644
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first edition in dutch. The unillustrated original edition in Italian was published in 1593. "The most famous iconographical reference book. The allegories, personifications, conceits, symbols, etc., collected by Ripa were widely used by artists and writers, especially during the Baroque period"--Arntzen & Rainwater F79 (1764-67 edition in Italian).