Creator
Ricci, Bartolomeo.
Title
De Imitatione Libri Tres …
Publisher
Paris: Bernard Turrisan (Bernardo Torresani) for the Aldine Press,
Date
1557.
Description
A small (twelvemo) imprint from the press of Bernardo Torresani, the grandson of Andrea, printed in Paris “in Aldina bibliotheca.” Bartolomeo Ricci (1490–1569) was the tutor to Prince Alfonso d’Este of Ferrara (1533–1597), and dedicated this short rhetorical treatise to him. Contemporary French calf, gilt, with interlaced design enclosing a central hexagon that evokes the Star of David.
Source
From the collection of G. Scott Clemons.