Garimberti, Concetti, Venice, 1571, Roman gilt armorial binding for Jerónimo Ruiz
Estimate
2,400 - 3,200 GBP
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GARIMBERTI, GIROLAMO. Concetti di Girolamo Garimberto, et d'altri degni autori. Venice: Domenico Farri, 1571
A CONTEMPORARY ROMAN ARMORIAL BINDING FOR JERÓNIMO RUIZ.
Thirty bindings have currently been identified with the arms of Jerónimo Ruiz (c. 1542) , a rampant lion with a silver fleur-de-lys in its dexter paw. The majority are on Italian texts printed in octavo between 1560 and 1569, making this example likely the smallest and the latest published volume bound for this collector. In 1991, Anthony Hobson concluded that they were bound in a single Roman workshop, which he named the "Ruiz Binder". This volume is not mentioned in Hobson's census of bindings for Jerónimo Ruiz (A. Hobson, Apollo & Pegasus: An Enquiry into the Formation and Dispersal of a Renaissance Library (Amsterdam 1975), pp. 219-220). The initials "I.R." have later been stamped over with "F.B.".
Ruiz belonged to a family of Spanish origin, resident in Rome. The contents of his library that survive indicate an interest in history, philosophy and literature and, alongside his brother, Michele, he ran a literary salon.
For another volume in the present sale bound for Jerónimo Ruiz, see lot 1759 (Manente).
12mo (121 x 75 mm). Italic type, 32 lines plus headline. collation: A-V12 a6: 246 leaves (V12, a5v and final leaf blank). Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials, manuscript annotation to F1. (Some light spotting and browning, marginal dampstaining throughout, small ink smudge to title-page, 20mm stain to M2v and 15-30mm stains to V1-3 with text still legible.)
binding: Contemporary Roman armorial binding (129 x 79 mm) for Jerónimo Ruiz, frame composed of 2 gilt and multiple blind fillets, gilt rosette at outer corner, gilt fleuron at inner angles, central cartouche with Ruiz arms, initials "I.R." stamped over with "F.B.", spine with 3 bands, gilt rosette in compartments, edges gilt and gauffered. (Bindings slightly rubbed, rebacked to style retaining most of central compartments, repairs to corners and some edges.)
provenance: Jerónimo Ruiz (c. 1542), arms and initials I.R. on binding—F.B., initials on binding. acquisition: Purchased in 1990 from Librairie Paul Jammes, Paris. references: Edit16 CNCE 20427; USTC 831849; Michel Wittock, "Une reliure inédite pour Jeronimo Ruiz" in E codicibus impressisque: Opstellen over het boek in de Lage Landen voor Elly Cockx-Indestege (Leuven 2004), p. 220 (citing this copy)
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