Groto Luigi. - Le Orationi Volgari di Luigi Groto cieco di Hadria. - 1602

Luigi Groto. The Volgar Orations of Luigi Groto, blind from Hadria. Venice, printed by the Zoppini (at Treviso, for Giacomo Zoppini and brothers), 1602. A famous collection of public and scholarly discourses in Italian by the lithographer and dramatist from Adria. The orations, written in an elegant and refined language and delivered in various cities of the Republic of Venice, address a range of topics such as love, politics, and the celebration of the institutions of the Venetian Republic. Soft parchment binding of the period. Beautiful printer’s device engraved on the title page. Dimensions 21x15 cm, 11 unnumbered leaves – 152 pages. Excellent condition.

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