Il Figino, overo, Del fine della pittvra
Subtitle: dialogo
By: del rever. padre d. Gregorio Comanini ...
Publisher: Per Francesco Osanna ...
Published: 1591
Place of publication: In Mantova
Language: ita
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Aesthetics; Painting; Arts
Work titles: Figino, overo, del fine della pittura
Notes: Laudatory verse by Torquato Tasso and Antonio Beffa Negrini addressed to author, p. [6] and [7].

Osanna's device on t.p. (Fame).

Signatures: *p4s A-Mp4s p2sMp4s N-2Kp4s.

Includes index.

Binding: early limp vellum. Title written on spine. Remains of 2 pairs of ties at foredge.

At upper left-hand corner of front pastedown is the bookplate of Carolina-Maraini, by Paolo Rossi. In the lower left-hand corner is Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label, signed in the plate by P.S. On t.p. at right of the imprint is the property stamp in blue ink of G. Bragazzi. At foot of t.p. is an inscription, now inked out, followed by another: De Natalitio Benedetti, mei fr.telli, et Amici. Occasional marginal annotations.