Heroides epistolae [...].

Folio: 91-[1 bl.] ff. (lower margin with ms. prov. cut, light dampstaining, sl. spotting, ink stains on ff. 72-73).

Contemp. limp vellum, flat spine (soiled, sm. def. to lower cover, lower flyleaf missing).

Collection of epistolary poems in elegiac couplets and composed from the point of view of Greek or Roman mythological heroines abandoned or mistreated by their husbands or lovers. With commentaries by scholars Antonio Costanzi, Aronne Battaglia, Lucio Giovanni Scoppa and Giovanni Battista Egnazio. Illustrated with one woodcut in-text and initials of various sizes. Large printer's device with the motto "virtuti omnia parent" on title and another on reverse of last leaf..
Ref. EDIT16 26210. - STC Italian p. 480. - Not in Adams.