La uera regola dello scriuere :
utile à giouani.

Description

Main Author

Tensini, Agostino.

Related Names

Remondini (Firm)

Language(s)

Italian

Published

Si vende in Bassano : Al negozio Remondini, [ca. 1680?]

Subjects

Calligraphy > Calligraphy / Early works to 1800.
Penmanship > Penmanship / Early works to 1800.
Engravings > Engravings / Italy > Engravings / Italy / 17th century.
Writing books > Writing books / Italy > Writing books / Italy / 17th century.

Note

Engraved title. Sixteen numbered plates, each signed by Agostino Tensini, most with calligraphic drawings of figures, animals, etc.
Getty copy has signature of Giacomo Formento on front cover, together with a date that appears to be 1789. This reading would support assigning the present copy to the earlier ed.
Bonacini lists two eds., one published ca. 1680, the other ca. 1800 (perhaps 1798). The present copy has 16 plates like the earlier ed., rather than 14 like the later; and the imprint agrees with that cited for the earlier ed. But the title includes the words "utile ai giovani," lacking in the earlier title as Bonacini cites it, and the present copy is oblong 4to, the format of the later ed., rather than small folio. The plate used to print leaf 3 is cracked.

Physical Description

[1], 16 leaves : ill. (engravings) ; 19 x 25 cm. (4to)

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