Live auction - Lot 877
[Neolatin poetry - Venice imprint]
Ad Alexandrum Perettum [...] Cardinalem [...] Lusus.
Venice, G. & A. Zenaro, 1589
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
4to: [12]-283 (= 183) ff. (lacking final Errata f.; toned, some spotting and staining, occ. marg. dampstaining or worming, blank bottom corner of b4 torn off, hole in blank margin of Aa2).
Old vellum, spine titled in ink (sl. soiled). Good copy.
Very rare collection of Latin (and some Italian) verses by Giovanni Battista Evangelisti (1533-1593), a humanist teacher in Marano (Cupra Marittima, Marche). Woodcut mark on title. Printed in italics. Ref. Edit16 18406. - Not in Adams, BnF, Oberlé, STC Italian (BL). Prov. Ownership entry on title (crossed out).