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<p>Edizione originale delle <em>Vite dei Visconti</em> di Milano e ultimo dei soli cinque testi illustrati editi da Robert Estienne; i 10 ritratti, che riproducono quelli miniati nel manoscritto di dedica a Enrico II, vengono tradizionalmente attribuiti a Geoffrey Tory sebbene Mortimer li reputi di mano di Jacquemin Woeiriot. Cfr. <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adams </span>G-694; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Brunet </span>III, 584; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mortimer</span>, <em>Harvard French </em>248; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Renouard</span>, <em>Estienne</em> 75.20; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Schreiber </span>104: «First edition of this biographical history of the Visconti dynasty, illustrated with 10 splendid woodcut portraits of the Dukes of Milan. These woodcuts are signed with the Lorraine cross, which, together with their superior quality, led to an attribution to Geoffroy Tory [...]. This is the last of the only five illustrated books issued by Robert Estienne».</p>