Lot 228
Patin, Charlotte Catherine
Pitture scelte et dichiarate
£353
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Cologne: appresso Pietro Marteau, si vendono in Venezia dall'Hertz, 1691. Folio (37 x 25cm), [8] 13-222, collates a4 A-K4 chi2 L4, contemporary mottled calf, engraved additional allegorical title-page, letterpress title-page printed in red and black and incorporating engraved vignette, 40 engraved plates after Titian, Leonardo da Vinci, Paolo Veronese and others (several double page, a few also folding), engraved armorial bookplate (Frederick Keppel, motto ‘Ne cede malis’), binding scuffed and worn, variable damp-staining chiefly to lower margins, marginal soiling to plate facing p. 40
Footnote
First edition in Italian of an early example of art criticism written by a woman, published the same year as a Latin edition, printed in Padua and titled Tabellae selectae ac explicitae. The work comprises engravings of some 40 paintings mainly by Italian Old Masters, each with an accompanying essay by Patin; there is also a portrait of the author's family.
