Carmina selecta ex illustrioribus poetis saeculi decimiquinti et decimisexti. Studiosis adolescentibus citra morum labem ad perlegendum proposita.

2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: [12]-400, [4]-302 pp. (sm. marg. tears without loss of paper).

Contemp. three-quarter calf, mottled paper boards, spine with gilt-ruled raised bands, red edges.

First edition of a selection of poetry from 15th and 16th-c. for the use of "adolescentes" edited by Pierantonio Berno (ca. 1718?-1792), printer and bookseller in Verona. Pieces by: Pietro Bembo, Jacopo Sadoleto, Angiolo Poliziano, Girolamo Fracastoro, Lazzaro Bonamico, Paulus Manutius, Filippo Beroaldi, Baptista Spagnuoli Mantuanus, etc. Dedicated to a college of the Somascan Fathers in Verona.
Prov. AG Bijvoet, "Presb." (ms. ownership entry). - Libr. stamp.