[Binding, Fine- Bound by CapÈ, y and Superbly Tooled by Marius Michel] Poesis Tacins, Pictura Loquens

Manasser, Daniel

Published by Caspari Sutoris, Dillingen, 1630

About this Item

12mo. 5 x 3 inches. Magnificently bound in 19th century crushed red morocco, by CapÈ, and finely tooled in gilt by Marius-Michel, featuring an all-over fanfare binding with strapwork, leafy sprays and other small ornaments; spine with title and compartments tooled in gilt with five raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, signed by CapÈ to head of front free endpaper. Engraved architectural title, coat-of-arms and 11 exquisite full-page illustrations, woodcut initials and tail-pieces. A fabulous and scarce early work examining and presenting the association of poetry to painting, a concept often misunderstood by later followers, who wrongly interpreted Horace's original famous phrase, "ut pictura poeses" ("as is painting, so is poetry") to completely conflate poetry and painting, but not in its original intention which was to try to use aspects of painting as a metaphor to illustrate ways to express beautiful poetry. Among the more prominent of these followers was Daniel Manasser, whose scarce title herewith can be translated, "Silent Poetry and Speaking Pictures," indicating the idea that the "picture" and the "poem" should be seamlessly united together. The Solar-Huth-Abbey Copy (FÈlix Solar, sale, Paris, 1860, lot 2297 as noted in pencil on front free endpaper); Henry Huth (small morocco book-label); J.R. Abbey, (small morocco book-label). Preserved in later blue cloth drop-back box with red morocco label and Abbey book-label mounted on lid. Most scarce thus. Seller Inventory # 6665

Bibliographic Details

Title: [Binding, Fine- Bound by CapÈ, y and ...

Publisher: Caspari Sutoris, Dillingen

Publication Date: 1630

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