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<dl><dd>Signatures: pi * A-Z</dd>
<dd>Woodcut device of the Accademia della crusca on t.p. Head- and tail-pieces, the latter including additional Crusca devices. Initials</dd>
<dd>Errata, p. [184]</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 1: old calfskin, spine tooled in gilt including red label with title, edges sprinkled red &amp; brown. Copy 2: later paper, backed in tan goatskin, title &amp; imprint in gilt on 2 spine labels, page edges roughly trimmed, ribbon place marker</dd>
<dd>Copy 1 has 19th-century armorial bookplate (quarterly Vernon and Harcourt, impaling Sheffield), perhaps for Edward William Harcourt; see Burke's (1898). Ulrich Middeldorf's printed label. On spine of c. 2 is printed paper label of Istituto magistrale parificato L. Sanvitale, Parma, with shelf mark in pencil</dd>
<dd>16, 182, [2] pages ; 29 cm (4to)</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi⁴ *⁴ A-Z⁴</dd>
<dd>Title page printed in red and black</dd>
<dd>Title vignette (bran sifter surrounded by bran with ribbons entwined, motto: Il più bel fior ne coglie); initials; head- and tail-pieces; printed marginal notes</dd>
<dd>Devices with mottos of Smarrito and the Accademia della Crusca alternate at ends of most sections</dd>
<dd>Errata on leaf Z4 recto</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references and index</dd>
<dd>Vita di Zeusi -- Vita di Parrasio -- Vita d'Appelle -- Vita di Protogene -- Giunte alle vite de pittori antichi</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Zeuxis; Parrasio, Aulo Giano, 1470-1534; Apelles; Protogenes, fl. 300 B.C; Zeuxis, active 5th century B.C; Parrhasius, active 5th century B.C; Protogenes, active 300 B.C; Painters -- Biography -- Early works to 1800; Painters</div>
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Smarrito, 1619-1675 author</div>
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