PROFUMERIA - MARINELLI, Giovanni (XVI secolo)

Lot 233
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Lot 233 | PROFUMERIA - MARINELLI, Giovanni (XVI secolo)
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[PROFUMERIA] - MARINELLI, Giovanni (XVI secolo) - Gli ornamenti delle donne tratti dalle scritture d'una reina Greca. Venice: Francesco de Franceschi, 1562.

First edition of this treatise dedicated to cosmetics: "Divided into four books, the text was conceived as a compendium of beauty advice based on notions of medicine and cosmetics. In particular, the first book deals with body defects and remedies aimed at attenuating them; the second and third, for the beauty and care of the hair and face; the fourth, for the care of the throat, neck, chest, hands and the rest of the body "(Treccani).

8vo (150 x 97mm). Printer's device on title, woodcut initials and headpieces (waterstain to the upper margins of the first leaves, some stains). Contemporary vellum with manuscript title on spine (light wear, binding partially detached). Provenance: Francesco Vitali (?) (contemporary ownership inscription on counterplate)
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