Collection of poems by various authors, including Lorenzo de' Medici and Giovanni Boccaccio., Imprint from colophon., Ms. correction of text on final p.; each poem numbered in ms. Armorial bookplate: Ex libris Petri Ginori-Conti., Signatures: A⁴., and Woodcut on t.p.
Publisher:
Appresso Agostino Simbeni
Subject (Name):
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375, Ginori Conti, principe di Trevignano, 1865-1939--Bookplate, and Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492
"Contrasto del hosto & del Zani. Losto comincia": p. [7-8]., Authorship attributed to Giulio Cesare Croce. Cf. Edit 16., Ms. foliation: 273-276. Interleaved with blank leaves., and Signatures: A⁴.
From the appearance of the t.-p. of the Yale copy, it would seem that an engraved border, probably including the imprint, has been omitted from the t.-p. A₁(p.102, 2d count) wanting, probably contained the 2d tp. implied above or perhaps only half-title. From the Vaganay collection. and Imprint from colophon. In the Bibliothèque nationale catalogue the book is said to have a "titre gravé".
No. 2 of 2 titles bound together with manuscript spine title: Marino Galeria a Rime Boscarecie., Printer's device on t.p., and Signatures: A-D¹² E¹²(-11,12).
Imperfect: damage repaired, with negligible loss of text on leaf A4. Ownership inscription mostly trimmed off. From the library of Ludovico de Torres, Cardinal Archbishop of Monreale. and Signatures: A-D⁴ (A1v blank).
Publisher:
Per Francesco Marcolini,
Subject (Name):
Marcolini, Francesco, ca. 1500-ca. 1559 and Torres, Ludovico de, 1551-1609