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Venice, Antonio Gardane, XX April 1539. In 2nd. Sumptuous architectural frontispiece with title in the center and noble coats of arms, imitating the frontispiece of the first book of the Letters of Aretino, typographical mark at the end of the volume, binding in green morocco by Tarditi, Turin, 1892, the upper plate detached (but restoreable).
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VERY RARE First edition, second issue. The first edition is dated November 1538 and bears neither address nor brand. The book is dedicated to Leone Orsini (Venice, 1 July 1538), member of the powerful Roman family and founder of the Accademia degli Infiammati of Padua, appointed bishop of the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon in 1525 and, later, agent of the king of France at the papal court. He was the patron of Franco, who dedicated two other works to him. The collection contains 292 letters (all dated between 1531 and 1538) and many dedicatory sonnets. Although the Aretini model is explicit, also in the choice of the unusual folio format, the main difference between Aretino's De le Letter libro primo (Venice, 1538) and the Pistole vulgaris< Franco's /i> lies in the presence of many explicitly fictitious letters in the latter's collection, all brought together in the third and final book. Franco's entire correspondence raised doubts about its authenticity and historical veracity. In particular, the group of letters addressed to the King of France Francis I, the first of which are dated 1531 when the author was only 16 years old, have also been questioned by Aretino. It is likely that they were written by Franco at a later time to win the favor of Francis I and find a way into the French court.
Considering Franco's correspondents, some homogeneous groups of recipients are easily recognisable. : "next to the group composed of famous government leaders headed by Francesco I, and that of the few but beloved Benevento friends (Cautano, Mansella Aquila), the largest nucleus is undoubtedly represented by interlocutors whose prevailing "Venetianness" demonstrates how for Franco the Arezzo mediation was fundamental. Furthermore, among the latter, alongside men involved in various capacities in the government of the Republic (Donato, Da Legge, B. Navagero, G. Quirini, etc.) or intellectuals who held cenacles in the city (Grassi, Speroni, D. Venier, etc.) emerge in number above all friends or disciples of Aretino (Acquaviva, Ricchi, Spira, Marcolini, Venier, Degli Eusebi, Alunno, Sansovino, Tiziano, etc.)
- F.R. De' Angelis, Introduction, in N. Franco, The Vulgar Guns, Sala Bolognese, 1986, p. XIX).
Considering Franco's correspondents, some homogeneous groups of recipients are easily recognisable. : "next to the group composed of famous government leaders headed by Francesco I, and that of the few but beloved Benevento friends (Cautano, Mansella Aquila), the largest nucleus is undoubtedly represented by interlocutors whose prevailing "Venetianness" demonstrates how for Franco the Arezzo mediation was fundamental. Furthermore, among the latter, alongside men involved in various capacities in the government of the Republic (Donato, Da Legge, B. Navagero, G. Quirini, etc.) or intellectuals who held cenacles in the city (Grassi, Speroni, D. Venier, etc.) emerge in number above all friends or disciples of Aretino (Acquaviva, Ricchi, Spira, Marcolini, Venier, Degli Eusebi, Alunno, Sansovino, Tiziano, etc.)
- F.R. De' Angelis, Introduction, in N. Franco, The Vulgar Guns, Sala Bolognese, 1986, p. XIX).
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