Tag: Agostino Tensini

Plates signed by Agostino Tensini from the calligraphy manual “La uera regola dello scriuere : utile à giouani.” Published in 1680 and then around 1800. This copy having been signed by Giacomo Formento and dated 1789, it would appear to be the 1680 edition.

Page 5.
Page 5. Collection of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/laueraregoladell00tens/page/n4/mode/1up
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Page 7. Collection of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/laueraregoladell00tens/page/n6/mode/1up
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Page 9. Collection of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/laueraregoladell00tens/page/n8/mode/1up
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Page 10. Collection of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/laueraregoladell00tens/page/n10/mode/1up
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Page 12. Collection of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain. via

Engravings from Agostino Tensini’s “Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.” Published in 1641, it is an extremely rare first edition of a Baroque Italian calligraphy manual. All of these taken from the website of the antiquarian bookseller Martayan Lan some of whose wares I saw at an antiquarian book fair recently though, alas, not these.

Engraving from Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.. 1641.
Portrait of the author. Engraving from “Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.” 1641. Possibly published in Verona, Italy. Agostino Tensini, maker. Image © 2019 Martayan Lan, New York. Fair use license. via https://www.martayanlan.com/pages/books/3724/agostino-tensini/le-meraviglie-della-penna-conchiudenti-in-diversi-modi-di-scrivere-delineati-et-intagliati
Scrolling foliate design.
Scrolling foliate design. Engraving from “Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.” 1641. Possibly published in Verona, Italy. Agostino Tensini, maker. Image © 2019 Martayan Lan, New York. Fair use license. via https://www.martayanlan.com/pages/books/3724/agostino-tensini/le-meraviglie-della-penna-conchiudenti-in-diversi-modi-di-scrivere-delineati-et-intagliati
Angels. Engraving.
Angels. Engraving from “Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.” 1641. Possibly published in Verona, Italy. Agostino Tensini, maker. Image © 2019 Martayan Lan, New York. Fair use license. via https://www.martayanlan.com/pages/books/3724/agostino-tensini/le-meraviglie-della-penna-conchiudenti-in-diversi-modi-di-scrivere-delineati-et-intagliati
Engraving
Engraving from “Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.” 1641. Possibly published in Verona, Italy. Agostino Tensini, maker. Image © 2019 Martayan Lan, New York. Fair use license. via https://www.martayanlan.com/pages/books/3724/agostino-tensini/le-meraviglie-della-penna-conchiudenti-in-diversi-modi-di-scrivere-delineati-et-intagliati