1591 · Vinezia [Venice]
by Lorenzini, Niccolo
Vinezia [Venice]: Ad instanza di Filippo Giunti {, 1591. Very Good. Vellum binding, 5-7/8" x 4", [8], 137, [7]. Manuscript title on spine and bottom edge. Two paper repairs to title page (blank areas), soiling to front cover. Printer's device on title page, illustrated initials & headpieces, full page illustration of Crucifixion. Seven long devotional prayers. One has a prediction of the discovery of America ("gioiosi un nuovo, un vasto mondo ή carco d’oro, e di piante alme e feconde"), which, of course, happened 100 years earlier. (Inventory #: 202001)