Compendio del gran volvme de l'arte del bene et leggiadramente scrivere tvtte le sorti di lettere et caratteri :
con le lor regole, misure, & essempi /
di M. Giovanbattista Palatino ... ; con un nuouo breue & util discorso delle cifre ...

Description

Main Author

Palatino, Giovanni Battista, active 16th century.

Related Names

Palatino, Giovanni Battista, 16th cent.

Language(s)

Italian

Published

In Venetia : Apresso gli heredi di Marchio Sessa, 1578.

Subjects

Lettering > Lettering / Italy > Lettering / Italy / Early works to 1800.
Alphabets > Alphabets / Early works to 1800.
Penmanship > Penmanship / Early works to 1800.
Woodcuts > Woodcuts / Italy > Woodcuts / Italy / 16th century.
Writing books > Writing books / Italy > Writing books / Italy / 16th century.

Note

Signatures: A-G⁸ H⁶.
Sessa's cat and mouse device on t.p. Port. of Palatino on t.p. verso. Device with moth and candle on recto of last leaf. Ill. include writing specimens in a variety of hands, various alphabets (including Greek, Hebrew, and Cyrillic), cyphers, monograms, rebuses. Some are printed white on black. Initials, head and tail pieces.
Colophon has "Per gli heredi di Francesco Rampazetto."
First published Rome, 1540, under title: Libro nuovo d'imparare a scrivere. Present ed. is reprint of ed. of 1566 (Rome : Heredi di Valerio & Aloigi Dorici). The woodcut t.p. of that ed. appears on A5r. Cancellaresca Romana is presented on leaves A5v-C3v. Leaves C4r to the end of the vol. are printed from blocks that appeared in early eds. For all the preceding see Bonacini.

Physical Description

[124] p. (the last blank) : ill., port. ; 20 cm. (4to in 8's)

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