Historia de gestis Francisci Sforza - 1490
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The "Sforziade" of Warsaw. Illustrated edition - Faux leather
faithful copy of the original from 1490
ISBN 978-88-95847-26-9
The Beautiful Princess and the Sforziade of Warsaw
The collection of the National Library of Warsaw houses one of the four parchment copies of this work by Giovanni Simonetta, written in praise of the deeds of Francesco Sforza, the founder of the ducal dynasty of Milan, at the end of the 15th century. Probably brought to Poland by Bona Sforza, the volume passed into the hands of Chancellor Jan Zamoyski. The beautiful frontispiece is decorated by Birago, rich in symbolic, heraldic, and courtly references.
The copy in the Warsaw Library is the one studied by Professor Martin Kemp of Oxford University and Pascal Cotte of Lumière Technology, Paris, who discovered and demonstrated that Leonardo da Vinci's parchment painting, "The Beautiful Princess," was sewn between its pages.
Full reproduction of the work preserved at the National Library of Warsaw, minated by Giovanni Pietro Birago.
408 pages
35 gold capital letters
closure fasteners
Limited and numbered edition 318/1000 copies
The "Sforziade" of Warsaw. Illustrated edition - Faux leather
faithful copy of the original from 1490
ISBN 978-88-95847-26-9
The Beautiful Princess and the Sforziade of Warsaw
The collection of the National Library of Warsaw houses one of the four parchment copies of this work by Giovanni Simonetta, written in praise of the deeds of Francesco Sforza, the founder of the ducal dynasty of Milan, at the end of the 15th century. Probably brought to Poland by Bona Sforza, the volume passed into the hands of Chancellor Jan Zamoyski. The beautiful frontispiece is decorated by Birago, rich in symbolic, heraldic, and courtly references.
The copy in the Warsaw Library is the one studied by Professor Martin Kemp of Oxford University and Pascal Cotte of Lumière Technology, Paris, who discovered and demonstrated that Leonardo da Vinci's parchment painting, "The Beautiful Princess," was sewn between its pages.
Full reproduction of the work preserved at the National Library of Warsaw, minated by Giovanni Pietro Birago.
408 pages
35 gold capital letters
closure fasteners
Limited and numbered edition 318/1000 copies
Details
Number of books
1
Book title
Historia de gestis Francisci Sforza
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1490
Publication year youngest item
2014
Height
35 cm
Width
25 cm
Language
Latin
Publisher
scripta manent
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
400
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