PETRARCA, Francesco (1304-1374). De remediis utriusque fortunae. [Heidelberg: Heinrich Knoblochtzer?, ca.1490].

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PETRARCA, Francesco (1304-1374). De remediis utriusque fortunae. [Heidelberg: Heinrich Knoblochtzer?, ca.1490].

Chancery 4° (195 x 135mm). Collation: s4 a-g8.8.8.4; r-z A-E8.8.8.4 F-G8 H-L4.8 M6 (r title, v tabula, a1r prologue, a4v book I, r1r prologue to book II, r7r book II, M6v blank). 246 leaves, quires E, F and G bound after H. 36 lines and foliation, table in 2 columns. Type: 5:180G (title, headings), 6:80bG (text). 2-6-line initials and capital strokes in red, some contemporary quiring in red. (Small hole affecting a few letters on , marginal corner cut away from title and y8, occasional light browning, M1.6 reinforced at hinge, an earlier bookplate removed from title affecting a few letters on verso.) Late 18th-century polished calf, gilt, green speckled edges. Provenance: date 1493 written on title, possibly by the rubricator; a few early corrections; Luton, pencilled inscription.

SECOND EDITION of Petrarch's most popular work in the Middle Ages. Taking as its theme de contemptu mundi, he wrote De remediis utriusque fortunae as a dialogue between reason and various emotions to show the triumph of reason and the need for moral regeneration and redemption. HC *12791; BMC III, 672 (IA. 12984); Goff P-408; Polain(B) 3064; IDL 3574; IGI 7577