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8vo (160 × 91 mm), ff. [viii], 316, [4] including final blank. Large woodcut vignette to title, ornamental initials. Slight soiling to lower portion of ff. 3r and 6v, lower forecorner of final blank torn away. Seventeenth-century continental morocco, spine with five raised bands, most attractively gilt in compartments, red morocco label lettered “Petra/cha” over two lines. Slightly rubbed and darkened. Early armorial bookplates to front and rear, with traces of another removed, plus later ownership inscription of John Hope, Pinkie House [Scotland] to title.
A handsome copy of one of the greatest Italian renaissance poems, here in the arrangement of Venetian editor Alessandro Velutello together with his commentary (first published in 1525).
£900.00
(equal to approx. US$1423.51* or €1115.51* for 19 May 2012)
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