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Gaetano GIARRÈ (fl. c. 1740-1811) 
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Alfabeto di lettere iniziali adorno di aniumali e proseguito da vaga serie di caratteri. In Firennze, appresso Giovanni Moro, 1797. Folio (403x250); 25 leaves (engravede frontispiece, illustrated with decorative border adorned by animals and floral friezes, and 24 engraved plates). Contemporary half-calf. Unimportant foxing. Beautiful copy on very large paper (about 5 cm larger then copies in public libraries and recently offered in auctions).
Only edition of this beautiful calligraphy manual. Each plate is devoted to a letter of the alphabet and includes a large ornamental initial, an Italian verse, a series of characters in various patterns of writing, instructions for writing, cutting a pen, all framed by charming borders of animals and plants. Giarrè later published another manual of calligraphy. Very little is known about the author; he was the son of the renown painter Pietro Giarrè. According to Thieme-Becker he “engraved portraits, such as those of the calligrapher Joach. Frosini, Tsarina Anna Ivanovna (d. 1740) and Alexander II ... and also, in 1797, an alphabet in 24 sheets” (translated). Ref.: Berlin Cat. 5225; BONACINI Bibliografia delle arti scrittorie, 1953, n. 672; THIEME-BECKER, 1920, vol. XIII, p. 592. (Seller ref. MC0943)
3000,- EUR
Differenzbesteuert/Subject to margin taxation
Sachgebiete: Kalligraphie, Erstausgaben, Illustrierte Bücher
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