Padua, Paolo Frambotto, 1650. In 4th. Chalcographic front door with Laura and the title of the work, portrait engraved in copper of Petrarch on the reverse of paper 2 * 4, numerous chalcographic and woodcut illustrations in the text, coeval full leather binding, back with 5 nerves embossed in gold, patch with title , anterior plate detached, defects, incomplete back.
Specialist Notes
Second edition, much enlarged compared to the first of 1635, of this laudatory biography of Petrarch, adorned with beautiful engravings, some signed H. David or Giorgio Georgi. Brunet V, 878; Cicognara 1118; Ebert 23029; Graesse VI2, 170.
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