Francesco Petrarca. Il Patrarcha con la spositione di M. Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo

Al magnif. M. Bernardo Priuli, fu del Magnifico M. Giacomo. Venice, Domenico Giglio, 1553, 2 parts in 1 vol., (22),346; (72 Trionfi) lvs., 2. two titles within very fine woodcut borders, 6 half-p. woodcut ills. in the "Trionfi"-section, fine historiated woodcut initials, 18th cent. marbled calf, ribbed and gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece.

Partly waterst.; titles cut sl. short; quire K sl. browned; pagination occ. erratic, but quires complete. Binding a bit chafed. A good and attractive copy, with old, partly erased owner's entry on leaf aa2 and unidentified heraldic ex libris on upper pastedown. Adams, p. 820. Fine mid-16th cent. edition of the Canzoniere and Trionfi, with Gesualdo's extensive commentary surrounding the text.