the politics of art
CIMARELLI, Vicenzo Maria. Istorie dello Stato d'Vrbino da' Senoni detta Vmbria Senonia e de lor gran fatti in Italia, delle città, e luochi che in essa al presente si trouano, di quelle che distrutte gia furono famose et di Corinalto che dalle ceneri di Suasa hebbe l'origine. Brescia, Heirs of Bartholameo Fontana, 1642 [colophon: per gli Sabbi, stampatori episcopali, 1643.
4to. Near-contemporary full vellum with two gilt-stamped red morocco lettering-pieces to spine; pp. 16, [24], 184, 184, etched allegorical title (in pagination), lettering-pieces a little chipped, occasional browning internally, due to paper quality, a very good copy with Sir John P. Boileau's bookplate inside front cover; he was member of several antiquarian, archaeological and historical societies in the middle of the 19th century.
First edition, with the colophon dated 1643. This volume by the local historian is a later but important source an one of the most important patron of early Renaisance art and architecture in Italy, Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, who imprinted his brand FEDUX on numerous buildings and pieces of art. Not much needs to be said about this landmark figure and his connection with artists such as Piero della Francesca, the political theorist Macchiavelli or the art historian and and occasional architect Leon Battista Alberti.
Brunet II, 69; Lozzi II, 5729 'opera curiosa e rara'; COPAC locates two copies only, in the V&A and in the National Library of Scotland.
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