EARLY VENETIAN EDITION OF PETRARCA'S WORKS WITH COMMENTARIES BY ALESSANDRO VELLUTELLO

Petrarca, Francesco - Vellutello, Alessandro. Il Petrarca con l'espositione di m. Alessandro Velutello. Di nuouo ristampato con le figure a i Trionfi, con le apostille, e con piu cose utili aggiunte. In Venetia: appresso Nicolò Beuilacqua, 1568.

4to (200x142 mm), half leather binding, marbled paper at boards, gilt title on a red leather label at spine, blue sprinkled yellow edges; [12], 213, [3] leaves. Illustrations.
Xyl. title-page in an architectonic figurative frame with printer's device. Another xyl. printer's device in the end.
Xyl. historiated initials, head- and tail-pieces.

The work includes:
Trionfi;
Canzoniere.

Provenance: Handwritten ownership inscription at title-page (unreadable).

References: IT\ICCU\UM1E\010102. OCLC, 504510771.

Worm-work. Water-stains. First 10 leaves repaired at margins. Edgewear at last 10 leaves.