COLONNA, Vittoria (1490-1547). Rime. Parma: [A. de Viottis], 1538.

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COLONNA, Vittoria (1490-1547). Rime. Parma: [A. de Viottis], 1538.

8° in 4s (148 x 91mm). Final blank with preceding imprint leaf. (Light stain in the last five leaves.) Late 18th-century Italian vellum, green lettering-piece (4 small wormholes in spine).

FIRST EDITION of the verse of the most famous Italian poetess of the 16th century, inspired largely by the death of her beloved husband, the marchese di Pescara, after the battle of Pavia in 1515, and by her own piety. Editions of her poetry were still being printed regularly up to the late 19th century. IA 143.175; Gamba 1325 (note).