Petrarchan love poems.- Contile (Luca) Le rime di messer Luca Contile divise in tre parti, con discorsi, et argomenti di m. Francesco Patritio et m. Antonio Borghes, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title, head-pieces and historiated initials, some worming in text, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 17th century sheep, gilt spine in compartments and with red morcoco label, joints starting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and extensively scuffed, [Gamba 1333; Fontanini I, p. 498; EDIT 16 CNCE 13182], 8vo, Venice, Francesco Sansovino & Co., 1560.
⁂ Handsomely printed first edition of these love poems in the style of Petrarch, written by this Italian poet, playwright, historian and diplomat.
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