Il Petrarcha / con l'espositione di M. Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo: nuovamente ristampato, e con somma diligenza corretto, con nuova tavola di tutte le cose degne di memoria, che in essa espositione si contengono, & ornato di figure

COLOPHON:

Registro: * ** *** **** A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V X Y Z AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II KK LL MM NN OO PP QQ RR SS TT VV XX

Tutti sono quaterni, eccetto *** XX c’he sono duerni, et NN, ch’è meza carta.

In Vinegia appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari e fratelli. MDLIII.

TITLE PAGE:

A scratched-out ownership marking is written out above “Il Petrarcha”. The title page is elaborately decorated with columns, cherubs, caryatids, and the Giolito phoenix.

In Vinegia appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrarii e fratelli, MDLIII

INTERNAL:

There is a separate title page for I Trionfi on pg 548.

I Trionfi del Petrarca colla spositione di Messer Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo da Traetto: Alla illustriss. Signora Donna Susanna di Gonzaga la Signora contessa di Colisano.

In Vinegia appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari e fratelli. MDLIII.

TITLE:

Title as on frontespiece is, “Il Petrarcha con l’espositione di M. Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo: nuovamente ristampato, e con somma diligenza corretto, con nuova tavola di tutte le cose degne di memoria, che in essa espositione si contengono, & ornato di figure.”

BINDING:

Calf-backed boards with the spine repaired.

INSIDE COVER:  

Two previous call numbers are written on the inside cover: K6 Pe.10 7909; and L.21.IV.A18

There is a typed note written by the former book vendor: Gesualdo is regarded as one of the most useful commentators. Reprinted from earlier Gesualdo editions, this has the Vellutello illustrations from the Giolito edition: the elaborate initials for which the press was famous: portraits of Petrarch and Laura on an urn which is topped with the Giolito phoenix; and the two elaborately decorated titles (A separate title for The Triumphs) with phoenixes, griffons, cherubs, and caryatids.

END PAGES:

The last page is decorated with Giolito phoenix.

There is a previous call number on the back cover- 660312 BLCC