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Isabella Piccini

Devotional Engraving: 4 beautiful examples.

831J. à Kempis, Thomas (1380-1471) Imatione Christi : libri quatuor auctore Thoma a Kempis, canonico regulari ordinis D. Augustini, ad autographum emendati ; opera, ac studio Henrici Sommalii è Societate Jesu. Venetiis : Apud Nicolaum Pezzana, 1712                    Price $3,500 Duodecimo: 15.5... Continue Reading →

9 books in vellum.

A sort of random selection of nine books bound in vellum from a short shelf 1520-1712. 826J  Publius Papinius Statius  1st Century. P. Papinii Statii Opera ex recensione et cum notis I. Frederici Gronovii. Venetiis : apud Nicolaum Pezzana,1712    Price $1,100 Duocecimo,... Continue Reading →

Books with engravings by Isabella Piccini

 Isabella Piccini (1644–1734) who was the daughter of the Venetian engraver Giacomo Piccini (d. 1669), who trained her in the art of drawing and engraving in the styles of the great masters, particularly Titian and Peter Paul Rubens. In 1666 she entered the... Continue Reading →

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