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Late 16th-Century Venetian Edition of Petrarch, with Gesualdo Commentary

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Late 16th-Century Venetian Edition of Petrarch, with Gesualdo Commentary
Late 16th-Century Venetian Edition of Petrarch, with Gesualdo Commentary
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Late 16th-Century Venetian Edition of Petrarch, with Gesualdo Commentary

Francesco Petrarca; Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo. IL PETRARCHA CON L'ESPOSITIONE DI M. GIO. ANDREA GESUALDO. NUOUAMENTE RISTAMPATO, E CON SOMMA DILIGENZA CORRETTO, ET ORNATO DI FIGURE. Venice: Appresso Alessandro Griffio, 1581 [colophon 1582]. Early limp parchment, manuscript on spine. 4to; *-2*8 3*12 A-3F8 (3F8 blank); ff. [28], 413 (i.e. 415), [1] (several pages mis-nnumbered). Italic type; text in Italian. Title with device and border; with woodcut initials, head-pieces, and ornaments; (6) illustrations.
Adams P833; Edit16 47372; USTC 847902.
8 x 6 3/8 in.
The last edition with Gesualdo's commentary, it includes the life of Petrarch, sonnets, and Trionfi at the end with illustrations.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Condition
Parchment with discoloration, lacking ties, edgewear and loss to one corner; spine with clear manuscript, tears, loss at tail, headband loose, wormholes mostly at joints; upper board with partial separation, wormholes at hinges, separation from textblock; bookplate on paste-down, endpapers with fraying, manuscript, restoration; damp staining at margins throughout; pages toned with occasional foxing, frayed edge, marginalia, small mark or stain, small corner or edge loss not impacting text, or wormhole; later coloring to many initials, some pages printed on thicker paper, D4v with repair. Fragile yet complete.
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Late 16th-Century Venetian Edition of Petrarch, with Gesualdo Commentary

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