DESCRIPTIONES POETICAE
EX PROBATIORIBUS POETUS EXCERPTAE
QUASI IN HAC NOVA EDITIONE
UBERIUS LOCUPLETATAS
PUBLICAE UTILITATI EXPONIT P. JO. BAPTISTA GANDUTIUS
SOCIETATIS JESU
VENETIIS MDCCXXXIII
APUD NICOLAUM PEZZANA
Beautiful venetian edition of 1733 of this monumental anthology of latin poetry written by the Jesuit Father Giovanni Battista Ganducci.
Inside texts by Sannazzaro, Poliziano, Petrarca, Bembo, Boezio, clasical authors and jesuits.
The poems are dedicated to: euruption of Vesuvio, space, Etna, agriculture, love, astronomy, astrology, watches, magic, spells, violent death, Sardinia, etc...
In good conditons and complete.
Parchment coeval cover with handwritten title in the spine in very good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions with some slight cracks. Pages in good conditions with occasional foxings. Vertical tear in page 127 with no loss of text. Slight water stains in the edges. In 8. cm. 20,5x13,5. Pp. VIII+197+(3).