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Venice, Antonio Zatta, 1756. In 4th. 2 vols. Occhietti, intaglio vignette on the title pages, & nbsp; on the first volume a beautiful antiporta designed by Francesco Fontebasso and engraved by Giovan Battista Brustolon depicting Petrarch crowned in the Capitol and frontispiece in red and black ink, 2 engraved copper plates (dedication to Maria Antonia di Baviera and portrait of Petrarch and Laura) & nbsp; and a chronological tree, 1 missing table, elegant headboards, numerous chalcographic vignettes, few and slight marginal blooms, some rare halo, coeval binding in rigid parchment with author and title stamped in gold within a red patch to the back with 5 nerves, spray cuts.
Specialist Notes
Valuable edition of Petrarch's masterpiece with excellent and exhaustive commentary on the lyrics of the Canzoniere, the Triumphs, many joints, the life of the poet written by Castelvetro, various apparatuses and other useful documentation. The pertinent and fine original illustrations by Leonardis, Brustolon, Zompini and other engravers embellish this work praised at the time for its correctness and formal clarity. Gamba, 735 which quotes Marsand: '' this edition [...] for the sum of diligence with which it was made, and for the ornaments, and for the characters, and for the correction must always be held in the highest esteem; and the difficulty of finding the specimens is already undoubted ''; Brunet, IV, 554: `` cette edition etait la plus belle et l'une des meilleures que l'on eut alors de ce poete ''. Morazzoni, 248. 2 1756