1670 1ed Tomasini Illustrious Lives Illustrated Julius Caesar Tasso Tycho Brahe

1670 1^ed Tomasini Illustrious Lives Illustrated Julius Caesar Tasso Tycho Brahe

Giacomo Filippo Tomasini was a 17^th-century Catholic bishop in Istria most known for his biographical books on Catholicism and important Catholic figures. ‘Illustrium Virorum Elogia Iconibus’ is one of Tomasini’s most important works. It is a collection of nearly 75 biographies of notable and illustrious men including cardinals and bishops, philosophers, jurists and lawyers, mathematicians, physicians, and playwrights. Notable figures include:

• Julius Caesar Placentinus
• Torquato Tasso
• Tycho Brahe
• Guido Panciroli
• Augustus II – ‘Saxon Hercules’
• Marcus Antonius Genua

In addition to the illustrated frontispiece of Greek temple ruins, this 1630 first edition features 47 full-page woodcut engravings attributed to Jerome David.

Item number: #7683

Price: $950

TOMASINI, Giacomo Filippo

Iacobi Philippi Tomasini Patavini Illvstrivm Virorvm Elogia Iconibvs Exornata: Illvstriss. et reverendiss. D.D.; IO. Baptistae Agvcchiae Archiepiscopo Amasiensi, [et] Apostolico Nuncio Venetüs pro Santiß; D. Urbano VIII

Patavii: Apud Donatum Pasquardum & Socium, 1630. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [14], 373, [50]
  • 47 engraved plates
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
• Size: ~7.5in X 5.75in (19cm x 14.5cm)

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