Boldoni, Ottavio:

THEATRVM TEMPORANEVM AETERNITATI CAESARIS MONTII S. R. E. CARDINALIS ET ARCHIEP. MEDIOLANEN. SACRVM Octauio Boldonio Clerico Regulari S. Pauli Auctore. Mediolani, in Templo S. Alexandri excitatum Mense Augusto, Anno [M.D.]C.XXXV.

      Milano, Pacifius Pontius 1636. Kl.-Folio. (14) fol., 183, (3) pp. With engraved title vignette 13 x14 cm, 7 copperplates, 16 portraits, 16 allegories & 44 emblems in various frames, all engraved by Giovanni Paolo Bianchi. Contemp. vellum with handwritten title and library label on spine. Binding soiled, vellum by the upper edge of the rear board missing and torn along the spine. Title with old handwritten provenance "Biblioth. S. Barnabae Collegii Mediolani", first two leaves finger-spotted, otherwise nice and clean copy with wide margins. - One of the most beautiful emblematic prints of 17th century, glorifying the life and work of Cardinal Monti of Milano. - Praz, pp. 99-100; Berlin Ornament Cat. 4551. [Emblematische Bücher] [Italienische Literatur/Italian Literatur] [OrderNr. 1527][B14]