Anton Francesco Doni, (1513–1574) - LA MORAL FILOSOPHIA DEL DONI - 1552

Anton Francesco Doni, (1513–1574): LA MORAL FILOSOPHIA DEL DONI
Printed in Venice by Francesco Marcolini 1552. First edition.
Volume I only: (8) + 152 numbered pages. 21 x 15 cm; newer vellum binding, using an old handwriting.
Five leaves were bound in as facsimiles on old paper (hard to detect): I1, I4, Q1, Q4 and R1.
A small repair (10 x 10 mm) in the woodblock print on page 103 (hardly visible).

The main title page features a large woodcut printer’s device; a full-page woodcut portrait of Marcolini appears on page 64; a second title page on page 65 features a woodcut of a Sibyl; a full-page woodcut on page 119 depicts a bust-length portrait of Aretino within a frame; a third title page on page 121 features another woodcut of a Sibyl. Throughout the volume, there are 24 woodcut vignettes within the text, as well as a woodcut illustration of a sea crayfish (gambero marino) on page 103, along with various woodcut ornaments.