Pescatoria et ecloghe del San Martino.

8vo: [92] ff. (occ. sl. foxing).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine with black leather label, red marbled edges.

Very rare unique edition, dated c. 1540, 1544 or 1566 according to bibliographies, of this pastoral work in verse and prose in the imitation of Jacopo Sannazaro. The Canavese grammarian and poet San Martino, count di Vische (1494-1556), was a friend of Pietro Bembo and Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, Marquis of Vasto. Large Giolito's device on title and a smaller one at colophon. Printed in italics, and with space-guide letters.
Ref. EDIT16 27375. - STC Italy 605. - Cp. Adams S-312 (c. 1544 ed.), Westwood & Satchell 188 (c. 1566 ed.). - Vallauri, T., Storia della poesia in Piemonte, I:119-121. - Not in Gamba.
Prov. Harvard College Library, "from the bequest of Mary P.C. Nash in memory of her husband Benett Hubbard Nash" (bookpl. and stamp, with cancelled stamps).