Lot 4600: Marcolini, Francesco ( c . 1500 -c. 1559). , Le ingeniose sorti... intitulate Giardino di pensieri, nouamente ristampate, e in nouo et bellissimo ordine riformate. Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1550

folio (301 x 206mm.), ff. [70] (of [104] leaves, i.e. [2], 3-10, 13-19, 19-20, 28-31, 34-37, 46-55, 55-58, 58-61, 61-64, 64-67, 67-70, 70-73, 73-76, 79-82, 85-88, 88-109, 118-121, 123-124, 127-133, 133-136, 136-139, 139-142, 142-145, 145-148, 151-154, 154-157, 157, [1]pp.), illustration : large woodcut illustration on title-page signed by Giuseppe Porta Salviati, woodcut portrait of Marcolini within a woodcut border, woodcut illustrations of philosophers, symbolic scenes and playing cards, binding : old vellum over boards, lacking 34 leaves, staining to many leaves, some marginal worming ; sold not subject to return

Censimento 16 CNCE 28617; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 280; Sander 4231

A sizeable fragment of the second edition, with some new cuts, of Marcolini's fortune-telling book, designed for use with playing cards.