TOMASINI, Jacopo Filippo.
De Tesseris Hospitalitatis. Liber singularis.
Amsterdam, Andreas Frisius, 1670. With a frontispiece by Abraham Bloteling depicting travellers, 2 folding engraved plates and engravings in text, some of which are full-page.
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TOMASINI, Jacopo Filippo. Titus Livius Patavinus.
Amsterdam, Andreas Frisius, 1670. With a printer's device on title-page,engraving on title, 2 folding
engraved plates including a portrait, 1 engraving in text. 2 works in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title in ink on spine. [12], 227, [25]; 125, [17] pp.
€ 400
Two works by Giacomo Filippo Tomasini (1595-1655). The first and main work deals with hospitality and gastronomy in Roman antiquity and the use of coins, "tesserae hospitales", entitling the bearer to hospitality on his travels. The plates show examples of these coins and scenes of eating and drinking. The second work is a biography of Livy, which is bound with the first as usual.
Untrimmed. In very good condition. Simon 1466.
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