Philostratus, Eikones, Florence, Giunta, 1517, later vellum

Property from the Loverdos Collection

Philostratus, Philostratus Junior and Callistratus

Φιλοστρατου εικονες... Icones Philostrati. Philostrati iunioris Icones. Eiusdem Heroica. Descriptiones Callistrati. Eiusdem vitae sophistarum. (Florence: Filippo Giunta, October 1517)

folio (341 x 228mm.), text in Greek, later vellum, lacking final leaf containing device only, light foxing, binding slightly warped

A tall and crisp copy, containing texts by Philostratus (or his son-in-law, another Philostratus) and his grandson, Philostratus junior. Icones describes various art works apparently seen in Naples by Philostratus the elder, to which are appended further descriptions of artworks by his grandson and descriptions of statues by the fourth-century Callistratus.

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