1576 ITALIAN POETRY antique Carmina illustrium poetarum Italorum 16th CENTURY

Carmina illustrium poetarum Italorum. Io. Matthaeus Toscanus conquisivit, recensuit, bonam partem nunc primum publicauit.

Tomus Primus.

by  Ioannes Matthaeus Toscanus [Giovanni Matteo Toscano] (editor)

Lutetiae [Paris]: Apud Aegidium Gorbinum, eregione Collegii Cameracensis, 1576


[12], 288, 96, [1] leaves.


 Later half leather binding with brown cardboard boards, gilt decorated and lettered spine.

First edition of the first volume of the 1576 Carmina illustrium poetarum italorum,
a curated anthology of Latin poetry written by leading Italian humanists.

Edited by Giovanni Matteo Toscano, it served as a "best-of" collection to showcase Italian literary excellence to the French court and intellectual circles in Paris.
Volume 1 contains the works of some of the most influential Italian poets who wrote in Latin during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Key authors include Pietro Bembo, Lazzaro Bonamico, and Trifone Benci.

With engraved head-/ tailpieces throughout.

Some wear of binding.

The title page has repaired damage visible on the scan

 Some browning, and spotting.

The text is clear, the paper is crisp, and the binding is solid.

Size 3 1/8 by 4 3/4 inches

text in Latin
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