Giulio Bonasone (c.1498-c. 1574)
Lot of four engravings from 'Emblemi di Achille Bocchi', 1555

Giulio Bonasone (c.1498-c. 1574)
Lot of four engravings from 'Emblemi di Achille Bocchi', 1555

Giulio Bonasone (c.1498-c. 1574)

Lot of four engravings from 'Emblemi di Achille Bocchi', 1555
Engraving and typography
c. 17 x 12,5 cm each.
Four sheets from Achillis Bocchii's 'Symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genus quas serio ludebat': Diligence riding towards happiness (NOT INCIPIENT SED PERSEVERING); Cardinal Alessandro Farnese; Alexander presses a ring against Hephaestion's mouth to impose silence on him; Athena standing near several objects balanced on top of each other. Bartsch.XV.264 / 280/296/311.

Four sheets with large original margins and typography on the reverse. Laid paper, a watermark fragment visible on the number 264. Glued for the upper edge on cardboard support. For the rest in excellent condition.