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De Arte Peregrinandi Libri II Variis Exemplis In Primis.

1591rif. 643571591. Sixteenth-Century Essays on Naples Italy. Naples. Turler Hieronymus c.1520-1602. Grattarolo Guglielmo 1516-1568. Lando Ortensio c.1512-c.1559. Pyrckmair Halarius fl. 1573-1591. De Arte Peregrinandi Libri II Variis Exemplis In Primis Vero Agri Neapolitani Descriptione Illustrati: Quibus Accesserunt in Fine Quaestiones Forcianae Hoc Est De Variis Italorum Ingeniis & de Muliebris Sexus Praestantia Dialogi II. Item Lib. II de Regimine Iter Agentium. Quibus Accesserunt in Fine Quaestiones Forcianae: Hoc est De Variis Italorum Ingeniis: & de Muliebris Sexus Praesttantia Dialogi II. Nuremberg: In Officina Typographica Catharinae Gerlachiae 1591. 228 1 ff. Folding table. Octavo 5-1/2" x 3-1/2". Contemporary limp vellum with yapp-style fore-edges and fragments of ties blind frames to covers front with blind-stamped owner initials early hand-lettered title to spine. Moderate soiling spine ends bumped light wear to corners a few partial cracks to text block later bookseller ticket to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to text early owner annotations to foot of title page and rear pastedown. Ex-library. Small inkstamps and annotations to verso of title page. $650. Only edition. Compiled by the publisher Katharina Gerlach this is an anthology of essays about Naples intended to guide travelers. They are "Commentariolus de Arte Apodemica seu Vera Peregrinandi Ratione" by Pyrckmair "De Peregrinatione & Agro Neapolitano Libri Duo" by Turler "De Regimine Iter Agentium" by Grattarolo and "Forcianae Quaestiones In Quibus Varia Italorum Ingenia Explicantur" by Lando. Gerlachin was a major Nuremberg printer and the director of the Berg & Neuber printing house from 1564 to 1592. She operated the business under her own name after her third husband's death in 1575. She is best known as a printer of music and theology as well as official printing work for the University at Altdorf and the Nuremberg City Council. OCLC locates 8 copies in North America Brigham Young University Library of Congress Harvard University of Kansas University of St. Mary of the Lake University of Wisconsin Madison Yale Medical School. unknown books