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Agiografia - S.Aspreno - Sicola, Sigismondo
The glorious nobility in the life of St. Aspreno, the first Christian and the first bishop of the city of Naples, 1696
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Naples, Carlo Porsile, 1696. In 4°. Beautiful copper-engraved illustrated frontispiece, brand on the title page, portrait of the author engraved by Andreas Magliar, beautiful plate of St. Aspreno engraved by Giovanna Dorotea Pesche, copper-engraved emblem at the end of the volume of a cat chasing a mouse, light browning, some light staining, light foxing, contemporary full parchment binding, handwritten title on the spine, small losses on the spine, body of the book slightly detached from the binding.
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This interesting hagiographic treatise on the life of Saint Asprenus is one of the rare testimonies of the engraving activity of Giovanna Dorotea Pesche (Naples, active 1684 – ca. 1706). Daughter and disciple of Federico Pesche, she began an independent career in 1684 which, although rarely documented, reveals traits of singular refinement. Her activity is in fact attested by only a few surviving examples, including the panel of Saint Asprenus and the frontispiece of Biagio Altomare's De nullitatibus (1700). After 1706, all trace of her is lost: a brief artistic career, but one capable of leaving a precious mark on the Neapolitan publishing scene of the time.
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