Beschreibung:

Borghini, Raffaello. Il riposo di Raffaello Borghini in cui della pittura, e della scultura si favella, de' piu illustri pittori, e scultori, e delle piu famose opere loro si fa mentione; e le cose principali appartenenti a dette arti s'insegnano. Florence: Giorgio Marescotti, 1584
First edition of Borghini's dialogue set in a villa called "Il Riposo" near Florence. It describes in great detail the works of art in Florentine houses and churches and the society of Florentine art collectors, providing important contemporary information about late sixteenth-century Florentine art (and villa life in general). It contains a detailed index of people and subjects, and was reissued in 1730.
8vo (153 x 102 mm). Roman type, 31 lines plus headline. collation: *-***8 A-Z8 AA-RR8 SS4: 348 leaves. Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut illustration on *2v, woodcut initials and tailpieces. (Some foxing or staining, stain at foot of gutter of quire Bb, woodcut illustration shaved at foredge, headlines cut close at end.)
binding: Later vellum (165 x 120 mm), flat spine gilt with morocco lettering-piece, blue edges. (A few small wormholes in binding.)
provenance: Conte Antonio Costerbosa of Parma (1710-1768, owner of a substantial library and a collection of mathematical and astronomical instruments), armorial bookplate and coloured printed shelf label — Diana Parikian (Oxford), catalogue 51 (1989), item 15. acquisition: Purchased in 1990 from Diana Parikian. references: Edit16 7120