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1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo

1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo

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$250 USD - $250 USD
$250 USD
$250 USD - $250 USD
$250 USD

Author: Io. Benedetto Perazzo (Venetian).
Title: Polydori Apollinis Flosculi (Hoc est, Disticha Varia).
Publisher: Venetii (Venice), Typis Combi & La Nou, 1674.
Language: Text in Latin and Italian.
Size: 5.5" x 3".
Pages: 167 pages.
Binding: Good contemporary full vellum binding with gilt ornaments. Central gilt floral medallions to covers, gilt corner fleurons, and gilt fillet border. Ink title to spine, with early shelf marks at foot (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown, vellum aged and spotted, with some dark stains and marks, but binding remains solid and attractive -  as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gitl.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, endpapers inner hinges worn but still tight and secure - as shown). 
Illustrations: Fine engraved allegorical frontispiece (signed A. Bosio) depicting Apollo with laurel and lyre, accompanied by an angel and pastoral figure. Additional woodcut ornaments throughout. Heraldic printer’s device on title-page.

Estimate: (USD 300 – 350).

The Book: This 1674 Venetian edition of Polydori Apollinis Flosculi is a scarce collection of Latin and vernacular epigrams, distichs, and moral verses compiled by Benedetto Perazzo, a Venetian poet. Dedicated to Cardinal Vincenzo Maria Ursino, the work blends classical poetic forms with contemporary Christian reflections, as evidenced by the author’s final “Protesta,” where he defends the orthodoxy of his imagery. Its allegorical frontispiece and vellum binding embody the Venetian printing tradition of the late 17th century.

The Author: Benedetto Perazzo (17th century) was a Venetian man of letters, little-known today but representative of the baroque literary culture of Italy. His works interweave moral distichs with humanist learning, reflecting the Jesuit-influenced pedagogical style of the time. He is notable for his attempts to reconcile classical poetic tropes with Catholic orthodoxy.