![FABRICIUS, Principius (1546-1618). Delle allusioni, imprese, et emblemi ... sopra la vita, opere, et attioni di Gregorio XIII Pontefice Massimo libri VI. Rome: Bartolomeo Grassi [colophon: Iacobo Ruffinello], 1588.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CKS/2014_CKS_01584_0098_000(fabricius_principius_delle_allusioni_imprese_et_emblemi_sopra_la_vita040734).jpg?w=1)
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FABRICIUS, Principius (1546-1618). Delle allusioni, imprese, et emblemi ... sopra la vita, opere, et attioni di Gregorio XIII Pontefice Massimo libri VI. Rome: Bartolomeo Grassi [colophon: Iacobo Ruffinello], 1588.
4° in 8s (243 x 168mm). Italian and Latin text. Engraved title, 18 full-page engravings including dedication, 231 emblematic engravings in text. (Title and following two leaves with repair, the first quire short at foremargin and possibly supplied from another copy, burnhole in B6 causing loss of word on verso, U6 repaired at bottom margin, light waterstains towards end, occasional soiling.) Tan morocco gilt by Roger de Coverly, sides with an a elaborately tooled border incorporating the papal tiara and keys, dragons, stars and a flaming heart, gilt spine in compartments with alternating tiara and open book among stars and foliage, the heart motif repeated with an array of stars on gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: [H. Yates Thompson] -- S.A. Thompson Yates (1894 bookplate and 4 inserted letters to him, dated 1895-96, two from Roger de Coverly discussing the binding: 'it is really difficult to know how to treat mitres and coronets when working them into a border design. As all four sides should be symmetrical, they must be upside down on one side when received from the other ....' The two other letters from F.G. Brion and George Macmillan concern the loan of Thompson Yates' books to an exhibition at Campden House).
FIRST EDITION, YATES THOMPSON COPY. Pope Gregory XIII, of the house of Buoncompagno, had a dragon in his family's device; and therefore dragons are the motif of each of the emblems demonstrating his personal qualities, and the power and dignity of the papacy. Views of his birthplace at Bologna, of Rome, Jerusalem and other cities are sometimes included, while other engravings show his palaces and the many beautiful landscapes of the Campagna. The first of the full-page allergorical engravings portrays the author presenting his work to the Pope. Brunet II, 1151; Cicognara 1896; Landwehr Romanic, 279; Mortimer/Harvard Italian 177; Praz p. 331.
4° in 8s (243 x 168mm). Italian and Latin text. Engraved title, 18 full-page engravings including dedication, 231 emblematic engravings in text. (Title and following two leaves with repair, the first quire short at foremargin and possibly supplied from another copy, burnhole in B6 causing loss of word on verso, U6 repaired at bottom margin, light waterstains towards end, occasional soiling.) Tan morocco gilt by Roger de Coverly, sides with an a elaborately tooled border incorporating the papal tiara and keys, dragons, stars and a flaming heart, gilt spine in compartments with alternating tiara and open book among stars and foliage, the heart motif repeated with an array of stars on gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: [H. Yates Thompson] -- S.A. Thompson Yates (1894 bookplate and 4 inserted letters to him, dated 1895-96, two from Roger de Coverly discussing the binding: 'it is really difficult to know how to treat mitres and coronets when working them into a border design. As all four sides should be symmetrical, they must be upside down on one side when received from the other ....' The two other letters from F.G. Brion and George Macmillan concern the loan of Thompson Yates' books to an exhibition at Campden House).
FIRST EDITION, YATES THOMPSON COPY. Pope Gregory XIII, of the house of Buoncompagno, had a dragon in his family's device; and therefore dragons are the motif of each of the emblems demonstrating his personal qualities, and the power and dignity of the papacy. Views of his birthplace at Bologna, of Rome, Jerusalem and other cities are sometimes included, while other engravings show his palaces and the many beautiful landscapes of the Campagna. The first of the full-page allergorical engravings portrays the author presenting his work to the Pope. Brunet II, 1151; Cicognara 1896; Landwehr Romanic, 279; Mortimer/Harvard Italian 177; Praz p. 331.
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