La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo :
cioè pugna d'amore in sogno, dou'egli mostra, che tutte le cose humane non sono altro che sogno, & doue narra molt'altre cose degne di cognitione.

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Main Author

Colonna, Francesco, -1527

Language(s)

Italian

Published

In Venetia : In Casa de' Figliovoli di Aldo, 1545.

Edition

Ristampo di novo, et ricorretto con somma diligentia, à maggior commodo de i lettori.

Subjects

Dreams.
Classical antiquities.
Allegories.
Dreams > Dreams / Early works to 1800.
Classical antiquities > Classical antiquities / Early works to 1800.
Allegories > Allegories / Early works to 1800.
Early works.

Note

Stamps on t.p.: S F G.
Woodcuts are those of the 1499 Aldine ed. with the exception of 8 which are copies; ornamental woodcut initials omitted.
Italian text originally issued in 1499 with Latin title: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.
Colophon: Tutti sono Quaderni eccetto 1 ch'e`duerno z quinterno F duerno. In Vinegia, nell'anno M.D. XLV. In casa de' Figlivoli di Aldo.
Text on n1v and n8r transposed.
Signatures: [pi]⁴ a-y⁸ z¹⁰ A-E⁸ F⁴ (e1, s2 missigned c, S2, k as K).
Printing house derived from colophon. Printer's device on t.p. and verso of final leaf.
Latin half-title: Poliphili hypnerotomachia, ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse ostendit, atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna comemorat. (leaf a1).
An acrostic in Latin through chapter initials provides the author's name: Poliam frater Franciscvs Colvmna peramavit. Khomentovskaia however, has attributed the work to Felice Feliciano.

Physical Description

[468] pages : 170 illustrations (wood cuts) ; 31 cm (fol.)

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