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Bandello, Matteo

Songs XI composed by Bandello de le lodi de la s. Lucretia Gonzaga di Gazuolo, is of true love, with the temple of modesty, is with other things poetically described inside. The III parcels by Bandello sung in the natiuità of the s. Janus firstborn of the s. Cesare Fregoso, is from the s. Gostanza Rangona his wife, 1545

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€ 4.000 - 5.000

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€ 9.510

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Information

(They were printed in Guienne in the city of Agen, for Antonio Reboglio, 1545 of the month of March) Agen, Antoine Reboul, 1545. In 4°. 180x115mm. Elegant title page with decreasing lines, typographical friezes, light browning, splendid brown morocco binding with triple gold frame and small irons on the plates, spine with 5 raised bands with compartments decorated in gold, title on label, gilt edges, finely decorated nail . Ex libris on the inside cover of the Bibliotehca Lindesiana and on the first endleaf of Baron Landau, (Landau 4984), on the first endleaf signed by the bibliophile Ford.

Specialist Notes

VERY RARE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of Bandello's poems in praise of his pupil Lucrezia Gonzaga, daughter of the patron and friend of the author, Pirro Gonzaga. SPECIMEN OF DISTINCT ORIGIN: BIBLIOTHECA LINDESIANA (James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford), BARON LANDAU, FORD .
The volume also includes three songs celebrating the birth of Giano Fregoso, son of Bandello's friend, Cesare Fregoso. They are the first original writings by Bandello to be published, preceded only by his translation of part of Boccaccio's Decameron. Most famous for his Novellas, from which several works by Shakespeare are believed to have been based (including Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night), Bandello was a courtier, envoy and secretary, especially in Milan and Mantua; in 1550 he became bishop of Agen. This volume is also THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN AGEN. The printer, Antoine Reboul, attaches a note to the reader in which he apologizes for the errors, due to the difficulties encountered by the composers with the Italian language. Brunet I:636; Graesse I, 285 ("excessively rare").

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