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ARETINO, Pietro (1492-1556). Le lettre di nuovo impresse et corrette. [Venice]: 1538. 8° (143 x 93mm), italic type. Woodcut portrait of author on title. (Without final blank, title-page almost detached, some spotting, some pages shaved on upper margin.) 19th-century vellum-backed boards, flat spine decorated in red and gold. Provenance: Melzi (pencilled ascription). Printed one year after the first edition. EDIT on-line 2394; Gamba 1207; cf. Casali Marcolini p. 71.
ARETINO, Pietro. Il secondo libro de le lettre. Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1542. 8° (151 x 101), italic type. Printer's device on title [Vaccaro p. 303], woodcut portrait at end. (Some spotting.) 19th-century vellum with maroon lettering-piece on spine. Provenance: Melzi (pencilled ascription). FIRST EDITION. Casali, Marcolini 63: "Rarissima".
ARETINO, Pietro. Il terzo libro de le lettre. Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1546. 8° (157 x 99mm), italic type. Printer's device on title and at end [Vaccaro pp.283-284], paragraphs numbered in a 17th-century hand. (Some browning.) 19th-century vellum, flat spine gilt with two red leather lettering-pieces. Provenance: Melzi (pencilled ascription). FIRST EDITION. Bongi I, pp. 109-111; Gamba 1207; EDIT on-line 2464.
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ARETINO, Pietro. Il secondo libro de le lettre. Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1542. 8° (151 x 101), italic type. Printer's device on title [Vaccaro p. 303], woodcut portrait at end. (Some spotting.) 19th-century vellum with maroon lettering-piece on spine. Provenance: Melzi (pencilled ascription). FIRST EDITION. Casali, Marcolini 63: "Rarissima".
ARETINO, Pietro. Il terzo libro de le lettre. Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1546. 8° (157 x 99mm), italic type. Printer's device on title and at end [Vaccaro pp.283-284], paragraphs numbered in a 17th-century hand. (Some browning.) 19th-century vellum, flat spine gilt with two red leather lettering-pieces. Provenance: Melzi (pencilled ascription). FIRST EDITION. Bongi I, pp. 109-111; Gamba 1207; EDIT on-line 2464.
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