Foresti, Supplementum supplementi de le chroniche, Venice, 1524, modern vellum

Giacomo Filippo Foresti

Supplementum supplementi de le chroniche... vulgarizato & hystoriato. Cum la gionta per insino 1524. (Venice: Giovanni Francesco and Giovanni Antonio Rusconi, November 1524)

folio (305 x 208mm.), title printed in red and black with woodcut illustration and woodcut border, woodcut borders and illustrations (including portraits and city views), with final blank, woodcut printer's device below colophon, modern limp vellum, two pairs of alum-tawed ties, marbled slipcase, lower corner of f1 repaired, p6 with repaired tear, occasional light staining, one support broken in lower hinge

A reprint of Foresti's famous chronicle of world history, previously issued by the Rusconi brothers in 1513, and brought up to the present day. The 1503 edition was the first to mention the discovery of the New World, and the invention of printing is mentioned in the year 1458 ("Cutimbergo della Citta di Argentina"), claiming that Nicolas Jenson was the first printer in Venice.

PROVENANCE

"Legi istu ego H.P.", early inscription on verso of flyleaf, [i.e.]; Ippolito Pigna, signature at foot of title-page; bookplate of crossed keys; Mostra del libro e della stampa antichi, label on inside front cover; Fiammetta Soave, Rome, bookseller's label at end

LITERATURE

Edit16 19469; Sabin 25087; Sander 925