1504 Italian Renaissance ART Garuic De Sculptura + 1505 Pontano ALDINE Astronomy

1504 Italian Renaissance ART Garuic De Sculptura + 1505 Pontano ALDINE Astronomy

An exceedingly rare, early 16^th-century, post-incunable printing of two classical authors of 15^th-century Italian authors Giovanni Pontano and Pomponius Gauric.

Pomponius Gauric was an Italian humanist who is primarily remembered for his bronze-sculpting treatise ‘De Sculptura’ where he describes the function and role of 15^th-century science in bronze forming.

Giovanni Pontano was a 15^th-century Italian poet who was best known for his works of prose; works which are still considered useful to literature students of the 21^st-century. His works include:

• ‘Urania’ and ‘Meteororum’– poems describing astronomical sciences and mythology, constellations
• ‘Lepidina’ – poem on the mythological marriage of Sebeto to Parthenope
• ‘De Hortis Hesperidum’ – poem on orange trees
• ‘Hendecasyllaborum’ – eleven syllable poems on personal topics
  • ‘Tumuli’
  • ‘Neniae’

This 1504-05 printing of the works of Pontano and Gauric was published by Giunta in Florence and Aldo Manuzio in Venice, and retains many of the features that were common amongst 15^th-century printings.

Item number: #26077

Price: $1500

POMPONIUS Gauric

Pomponii Gaurici Neapolitani De sculptura. Vbi agitur de symetriis. De lineamentis. De physiognomonia ..

[Firenze: Filippo I Giunta, 1504].

Details:

• Collation:
  • ‘De Sculptura’ – Unpaginated; [43 leaves]
    • Title page provided in facsimile
  • ‘Pontani Opera’ – Unpaginated; ~[242 leaves]
    • Numerous leaves provided in handwritten facsimile throughout
    • [Venezia, in aedibus Aldo I Manuzio, 1505]
  • References:
    • Pomponius – USTC 832061
    • Pontanus – USTC 850308
  • Language: Latin
  • Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
  • Size: ~6.25in X 4.5in (15.5cm x 11cm)
  • Exceedingly rare and desirable

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