BALDINUCCI, Filippo. Notizie de professori del disegno da Cimabue in qua ... Florence, Santi Franchi, 1681 (Bound with:) Notizie de professori del disegno da Cimabue in qua, parte seconda del secolo quarto ... dal 1550 al 1580 ... Florence, Pietro Marini, 1688.
2 vols. 4to, pp. [18] (including Charles II privilege leaf [see below]), 68, [4], with one folding letterpress table; pp. [4], 287, with engraved printer's device on title-page; very good copies bound in contemporary vellum, red speckled edges.
First editions. Volumes 1 and 4 (out of 6) of Baldinucci's important biographical study of Italian artists, which was published between 1681 and 1728. The work was based on published sources as well as original research with unpublished manuscripts and documents and is considered by Cicognara to be a worthy successor to Vasari. The first volume deals with Italian artists from 1260 to 1300 while the 4th volume covers the period 1550 to 1580.The first volume here has the very rare privilege leaf of King Charles II of Spain (with woodcut of royal arms printed at top) bound in; 'rarissimo ... manca in moltissimi esemplari' (Cicognara).
Cicognara 2195.
£800
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