PETRARCA. *Il Petrarca* with statements no longer in print. - Lot 60

PETRARCA. *Il Petrarca* with statements no longer in print. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1558. In-16, soft vellum with overlaps, traces of ties, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Annotated edition by Pietro Bembo, adorned with 6 charming woodcut vignettes for the *Trionfi*. (Baudrier, vol. IX, p. 247.) Portraits of Petrarch and his muse Laura, surmounted by Cupid, woodcuts in a Renaissance cartouche. From the library of Geneviève and Georges Dubois. Lacks the second part (294 pp. and 13 ff.) listed by Baudrier. Minimal worm damage along the edges of the leaves in quire I. Slight foxing and water stains. The first endpaper is missing.

Estimate:£250.39

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