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Salviati, Leonardo

Five lessons... That is, two on Hope, one on Happiness, and the other two on various subjects: And all read in the Florentine Academy, with the occasion of Petrarca's Sonnet., 1575

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Florence: near the Giunti, 1575. In-4°. Publisher's brand on the title page, initials engraved in figurative wood, small woodworm holes that do not damage the writing mirror, some redness and stains, leather binding from the 16th century. XIX, red leather insert on the spine with author and title embossed in gold, minor defects.

Specialist Notes

First edition of these lessons by Salviati, one of the founding fathers of the Crusca, read in front of the Florentine Academy as a commentary on a sonnet by Petrarch.

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