Sannazaro, Jacopo (1458-1530) & Lazaro Cardona (1533-c. 1585)
Commentaria In Tres Libros de Virginis Partu.
Venice; 1584
First edition of Cardona's commentary
Translator Ralph Nash describes Sannazaro's De Partu Virginis, a Latin sacred poem from the 16th century inspired by both the verses of Virgil and the birth of Christ, "as Virgilian as [Sannazaro] could make it.
" The original poem was circulated in manuscript for years before it was first published in 1526.
(For more see Ralph Nash's The Major Latin Poems of Jacopo Sannazaro, Wayne State University, 1996.)
woodcut printer's device to title,
ink stain and former owner's signature;
woodcut depicting the nativity facing first leaf of text;
Full limp parchment
rare at auction
Good condition
[9], 167 lvs.
Size 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches
Text in Latin

Cardona was born in Modica, Sicily and before embarking on a career in the law, composed this commentary on Sannazaro's work.

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