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RIPA, CESARE. Nova Iconologia. Profusion of large allegorical text woodcuts. [48], 648 pages, including engraved portrait. 4to, 18th-century 1/2 vellum, joints partly cracked; light dampstain and insignificant worming in lower inner corners, old scored inscription on title, small stains on a few leaves in middle of volume, hole in 3L3 slightly affecting text on recto and illustration on verso. Padua: Pietro Paolo Tozzi, 1618
First published without illustrations 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). Alden 618/102; Piantanida 276; Praz, page 472.
