PETRARCA, FRANCESCO. Le Cose Volgari. [192] leaves, including blanks z4 and A8, with early manuscript foliation to facilitate use of the index of first lines. 8vo, 164x95 mm, 19th-century Italian diced russia gilt-tooled to panel design with center cartouche containing author's name (front cover) and imprint (rear cover), vellum endleaves; occasional light marginal soiling and stains, title with minor restoration along bottom edge and faded 16th-century ownership inscription ('Ex libris quondam D. Prioris Casarotti seminario legatis'); original gilt edges, gauffered to ropework pattern, with 'Petrarca' lettered in ink on bottom edges. Bookplate and collation note of the bookseller Giuseppe Martini (sale, Hoepli, 21 May 1934, lot 154); bookplate of Giannalisa Feltrinelli. (Venice: House of Aldus, July 1501)
PETRARCA, FRANCESCO. Le Cose Volgari. [192] leaves, including blanks z4 and A8, with early manuscript foliation to facilitate use of the index of first lines. 8vo, 164x95 mm, 19th-century Italian diced russia gilt-tooled to panel design with center cartouche containing author's name (front cover) and imprint (rear cover), vellum endleaves; occasional light marginal soiling and stains, title with minor restoration along bottom edge and faded 16th-century ownership inscription ('Ex libris quondam D. Prioris Casarotti seminario legatis'); original gilt edges, gauffered to ropework pattern, with 'Petrarca' lettered in ink on bottom edges. Bookplate and collation note of the bookseller Giuseppe Martini (sale, Hoepli, 21 May 1934, lot 154); bookplate of Giannalisa Feltrinelli. (Venice: House of Aldus, July 1501)
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