Rime di M. Pietro Bembo Tratte Dal Proprio Original Di Lui: Alle Qualis’e Aggiunta Una Tavola di tutte le definenze sotto le lettere vocali insieme co’versi interior; con ogni accuratezza corette et rivedute per Thomaso Poracchi, in Vinegia Appresso Gabriel Giolito De’Ferrari, 1569, 3/4 leather (18th-early 19th century binding?), italic type, 143 pp, 5.5 x 3”, 32mo.
In good condition. Boards show wear with dryness, cracking along hinges. Soiling to marbled boards. Five compartment spine shows wear with rubbing, raised bands. Front gutter shaken, binding as well. Nicely colored marbled end papers remain bright. Previous owner’s name in old hand dated 1827 on front fly leaf. Text block typically toned with light staining to first three leaves. All gilt edges. Binding is shaken, but intact. Please see photos.
Early edition of the groundbreaking poetry of cardinal, humanist and architect of the Italian language, Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), containing Rime. Bembo modeled his poetry on that of Petrarch, this contributing to the Italian literary language. He greatly influenced Tuscan dialect as a literary language for poetry and prose, which, by later codification into a standard language, became the modern Italian language. Bembo’s literary techniques helped composers developed musical composition that made the madrigal the most important secular music of the 16th-century Italy.
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