Affo (Ireneo) Vita del graziosissimo pittore Francesco Mazzola detto Il Parmigianino, second edition, later small ink stamp of Dr. Hans Semper of Innsbruck at head of title, later vellum-backed boards, uncut, spine titled in manuscript, Parma, Filippo Carmignani, 1784 § Leoni (Michele) Pitture di Antonio Allegri da Corregio, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Modena, 1841 § Mengz (Antonio Raffaele) Lettera...Primo Pittor di Camera di S.M.C. a Don Antonio Ponz, wood-engraved title-vignette, contemporary mottled wrappers, Turin, 1777 § Quilliet (F.) Dictionnaire des Peintres Espagnols, half-title signed by author on verso, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Paris, 1816, some light foxing, a little rubbed, 4to & 8vo (4)


⁂ The first is one of the earliest biographies of the painter Il Parmigianino, by the ducal librarian at Parma, published a year after the first edition in Venice.