Il Petrarcha con l'Espositione di M. Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo [with] I Trionfi del Petrarca

Petrarca, Francesco (Petrarch); Gesvaldo, Andrea (notes)

Venice: Gabriel Giolito, 1553.

Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #048658

19th century full leather, rubbing at edges and hinges, binding quite sound, endpapers refreshed. Slight scattered foxing; browning to bottom of title and first few leaves in the preliminaries and final leaf, two small temoin at end of book; an attractive copy with 6 woodcuts in the Trionfi and a full page map of Valclusa. (52), 667, (1). Printer's mark on verso of final page.

Giolito published similar editions of Petrarch with commentary by Gesualdo (first was 1533) and Vellutell (first was 1538) in the 1540s and 50s with the same map and engravings. Adams P820, Mortimer 375 (for the 1543 Vellutello ed.) Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 048658.

Price: $2,000.00