Details
BREVIO, Giovanni (1480-1562). Rime et prose volgari. Rome: Antonio Blado Asulano, 1545. 8° (157 x 96mm), italic type. Woodcut device of the dedicatee on title, woodcut decorative initials. (Small marginal wormtrack in a few leaves, discreet marginal repair in 3 leaves). Red morocco gilt by F. Bedford, gilt edges. Provenance: Thomas Gaisford (bookplate) -- Cavalieri (bookplate).
RARE FIRST EDITION. It contains virtually all of Brevio's work; only the novelle were reprinted three centuries later. Author, poet and moral philosopher, Brevio was closely associated with Bembo, Della Casa, Berni and, in particular, Aretino. Interestingly, he was charged in 1547 with plagarazing a story by Machiavelli in his "Belfagor arcidiavolo". EDIT on line 7569; Gamba 1272: "molto raro".
RARE FIRST EDITION. It contains virtually all of Brevio's work; only the novelle were reprinted three centuries later. Author, poet and moral philosopher, Brevio was closely associated with Bembo, Della Casa, Berni and, in particular, Aretino. Interestingly, he was charged in 1547 with plagarazing a story by Machiavelli in his "Belfagor arcidiavolo". EDIT on line 7569; Gamba 1272: "molto raro".
Special notice
This lot will not be subject to VAT either on the hammer price or the buyer's premium.