Warburg, Aby (1866-1929)
I Costumi Teatrali per gli intermezzi del 1589.
Tipografia Galletti e Cocci: Firenze, 1895. Quarto. 43 pp. + xxii pp. [eight plates of costumes]. Half-calf with marbled paper boards and red label at spine. Gilt top edge and decorative end papers. Original blue wrapper bound in. In excellent condition and attractively bound. Plates very clean except for some minor foxing to Plate VIII.A fine copy of this scarce book.
BKS-14692$350Aby Warburg was a German art historian whose work explored the representation of classical subjects in later art. He founded the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warbug, a private library that would later furnish the holdings of London's Warburg Institute.