First Edition of Antonio Minturno's De poeta libri sex

Antonio Sebastiano Minturno. ANTONII SEBASTIANI MINTURNI DE POETA, AD HECTOREM PIGNATELLUM, VIBONENSIUM DUCEM, LIBRI SEX. Venice: Apud Franciscum Rampazetum, 1559. Limp vellum, yapp binding, ink manuscript and label on spine. 4to; *4 A-4B4; [8], 567, [1 blank]pp. Italic type; text in Latin. With woodcut device, initials, and ornaments; printed marginalia. Adams M1463; Edit16 36263.
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
Antonio Minturno (Italian, 1500-1574) was a Renaissance poet, bishop, and humanist who wrote poetry in both Latin and Italian. De Poeta is a treatise divided into six books.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Vellum with expected discoloration and wear, lacking ties, with one small tear in vellum at yapp edge; sturdy binding; tiny wormholes in vellum and paste-downs, several pages with tiny to small wormholes; pages lightly toned with scattered foxing, occasional small stain, edge or corner loss, manuscript on front paste-down and title page, stamp on title page, colophon verso with bookplate and stamp, with repairs to F1, significant loss to R3; pages overall clean and crisp, lacking endpapers otherwise complete. A very good copy of this extremely scarce title.