1581 IL PETRARCHA COMMENTARY by G. Gesualdo ILLUSTRATED antique in ITALIAN rare

PETRARCHA, FRANCESCOGiovanni Andrea Gesualdo, ed., IL PETRARCHA con l'espositione di M.Giovanni Andrea GesualdoNUOVAMENTE RISTAMPATO Venice: A. Griffio, 1581 (1582 at colophon) \Size 6 by 8" Pages [28], 415 With 6 large woodcut vignettes inside the text at the beginning of each chapter of the Trionfi. Title page with large woodcut brand with text framed within a phytomorphic motif frame.paste-paper boards covered with silk brocade (the fabric possibly of the period but applied later), worn gilt silk brocade applied to the paste-downs. Early owner's signatures on title page, and some early notes in Italian in the text; bookplate of Charles Edward Forbes and related library markingsEx-libraryText in Italian==============================================Sixth edition of Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo's commentary on the Canzoniere and the Trionfi , one of the most extensive and interesting of the 16th century, defined by Minturno as an "elephant's birth".Similar in structure to the editio princeps (of 1553, printed by Nicolini and the brothers from Sabbio), it features on the frontispiece a typographical device derived from the Venetian edition by Vidali of 1474; the woodcuts are instead taken from the 1549 edition by Nicolini da Sabbio, later used by various other printers in the Veneto area. Ferrazzi 135; Marsand 84. See also Petrarchan Collection of the Trivulziana Library.The volume contains the dedicatory, the "Sonnet on the sacred ashes of Petrarch and M. Laura", "The Life of Petrarch", "The Life of Madonna Laura", "The order and division of the works", "The Places of Petrarch, from which the expositor has collected what he has written about him", "The Table of Sonnets and Songs". The "Songbook" and "The Triumphs" follow: "Of the triumph of love", "Of the triumph of chastity", "Of the triumph of death", "Of the triumph of Fame", "The triumph of time"============================================== Please see my other auctions Thank You Refund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Items must be returned to us within 20 days in order to receive a refund or replacement. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PETRARCHA, FRANCESCO Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo, ed., IL PETRARCHA con l'espositione di M.Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo NUOVAMENTE RISTAMPATO  Venice: A. Griffio, 1581 (1582 at colophon) \ Size 6 by 8"  Pages [28], 415  With 6 large woodcut vignettes inside the text at the beginning of each chapter of the Trionfi. Title page with large woodcut brand with text framed within a phytomorphic motif frame. paste-paper boards covered with silk brocade (the fabric possibly of the period but applied later), worn gilt silk brocade applied to the paste-downs. Early owner's signatures on title page, and some early notes in Italian in the text; bookplate of Charles Edward Forbes and related library markings Ex-library Text in Italian ============================================== Sixth edition of Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo's commentary on the Canzoniere and the Trionfi , one of the most extensive and interesting of the 16th century, defined by Minturno as an "elephant's birth". Similar in structure to the editio princeps (of 1553, printed by Nicolini and the brothers from Sabbio), it features on the frontispiece a typographical device derived from the Venetian edition by Vidali of 1474; the woodcuts are instead taken from the 1549 edition by Nicolini da Sabbio, later used by various other printers in the Veneto area. Ferrazzi 135; Marsand 84. S ee also Petrarchan Collection of the Trivulziana Library. The volume contains the dedicatory, the "Sonnet on the sacred ashes of Petrarch and M. Laura", "The Life of Petrarch", "The Life of Madonna Laura", "The order and division of the works", "The Places of Petrarch, from which the expositor has collected what he has written about him", "The Table of Sonnets and Songs". The "Songbook" and "The Triumphs" follow: "Of the triumph of love", "Of the triumph of chastity", "Of the triumph of death", "Of the triumph of Fame", "The triumph of time" ============================================== Please see my other auctions Thank You Refund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Items must be returned to us within 20 days in order to receive a refund or replacement. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

• Topic:Poetry
• Binding:Hardcover
• Subject:Literature & Fiction
• Language:Italian
• Original/Facsimile:Original
• Year Printed:1581