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Humanizing the abstract
DONI, Anton Francesco.Pitture. Nelle quali si mostra di nuova inventione: amore, fortuna, tempo, castità, religione, sdegno, riforma, morte, sonno & sogno, huomo, republica, & magnanimità; divise in due trattati.      Padua, Perchacino, 1564. 4to. Contemporary limp vellum, title in ink on spine. Many beautiful and very clear woodcut initials. 64 leaves. First and only edition of a rare work by the famous Italian writer Doni, with detailed interpretations of a series of personifications of abstract concepts. After the dedication and a list of cited and mentioned authors in this work, Doni lists the personifications as used by Petrarca. After that he writes in 2 treatises about fortune, time, magnanimity, chastity, religion, the republic, reformation, wrath, love, sleep & dream, the human being and he ends with a long elaboration on death. Each personification is dedicated to a notable Italian person, and most of the chapters end with a letter. Not only the contents of this work are worthwile, also the typography and the beautiful woodcut initials, all showing detailed pictures of persons, are a treat for the eye. This work is also known in a shorter version of only 40 leaves, containing only the first treatise. Francesco Doni (ca. 1513-1574) was a well known writer of his time who wrote many works in different genres as prose, poetry, comedy, letters and dialogues on varying subjects. Beautiful copy, on large paper.- (Small library stamp on title).
STC Italian; Ricottini Marsili-Libelli, C., Anton Francesco Doni. Scrittore e stampatore. Bibliografia delle opere e della critica e annali tipografici, (Florence, 1960), 56; not in Brunet; 1 copy in Bibliothèque Nationale.
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