1712 Famous Biographies Galileo AldusRossi Pinacotheca Imaginum Torquato Tasso

1712 Rossi Pinacotheca Imaginum Famous Biographies Galileo Aldus Torquato Tasso

Gian Vittorio Rossi was a 17^th-century Italian poet and author who is best remembered for his landmark work ‘Pinacotheca’. ‘Pinacotheca Imaginum Illustrium’ is a collection of three hundred short biographical sketches of other authors and notable figures with whom Rossi was familiar. First published in 1643, this work was one of the first examples of an Italian literary history. Rossi, also known by his pseudonym Erythraeus, included biographies on some of the most famous historical figures including:

• Torquato Tasso
• Christopher Clavius
• Aldus Manutius
• Galileo Galilei
• Scipio Gonzaga
• Peter the Great

Item number: #6553

Price: $550

ROSSI, Gian Vittorio [pseud. Janus Nicius Erythraeus]

Iani Erythraei Pinacotheca imaginum illustrium doctrinae vel ingenii laude virorum : qui auctore superstite diem suum obierunt.

Lipsiae: apud Thomam Fritsch, 1712.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages

o   [12], 845, [5] – divided into 3 sections

• Provenance: Armorial Bookplate

o   Sir John Williams, 1^st Baronet of Bodlewyddan

• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~6.75in X 4.5in (17cm x 11cm)

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