Early illustrated books : a history of the decoration and illustration of books in the 15th and 16th centuries (1917)
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 130
circle, with a halo of angels round it. On either side of thiscircle stand Christ and the Blessed Virgin. I20 Early Illustrated Books an edition of the Fioy di Virtii, to which it right-fully belongs. We have already looked at theVenetian editions of this book, and shall not besurprised to find… … From the Fior di Virtu, Florence, 1498. an Image of Pity. The first Florentine edition ofthis book, with which I am acquainted, has a fit-fully rhyming colophon, adapted from that of theVenetian edition of 1493, showing that it wasprinted at Florence in 1498, and ought, at any rate,to be read on…
Illustrated books · Incunabula
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