Literary Texts in Italian -- Baldi (Bernardino): Versi e Prose, Venice, Francesco de' Franceschi, 1590, 4to, first edition, woodcut initials and ornaments (dampstains, gathering S wormed at outer margin), modern vellum. [Parenti p.48; Gamba 1222; Brunet I, 621; Cicognara 1007 & 3946: 'Tutti gli scritti di questo autore dottissimo sono preziosi'] -- [Tuscany] Sonettiè Canzoni di Diversi Autori Toscani, [colophon: Florence, per li heredi di Philippo di Giunta, 1527], sm. 8vo, printed in italic, woodcut publisher's device on title and colophon (light spotting, final two leaves restored), late 18th-century green morocco, gilt (spine wormed) [Adams T1213; Gamba, 799] -- Tasso (Torquato): Il Re Torrismondo Tragedia, Bergamo, per Comino Ventura, 1587, 4to, first edition (heavily dampstained, preliminaries lightly wormed at lower margins), contemporary vellum [Gamba 961; not in Adams or BL] -- Virgil. Il Primo Libro della Eneida, ridotto da Giovanni Andrea dell'Anguillara, Padua, appresso di Gratioso Perachino, 156[4], 4to (title torn at lower margin with partial loss of date and restored, E3 torn with very slight loss and restored, some staining), 18th-century speckled calf [Brunet V, 1301; BMC of Italian Books, 731] ; and 10 other early vols. of verse by Tasso, Boccaccio, Burchiello, Cammillio Scrofa, Vicenzio da Filicaia, Antonio Phileremo Fregoso, Angelo Poliziano and others. (14)

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Literary Texts in Italian -- Baldi (Bernardino): Versi e Prose, Venice, Francesco de' Franceschi, 1590, 4to, first edition, woodcut initials and ornaments (dampstains, gathering S wormed at outer margin), modern vellum. [Parenti p.48; Gamba 1222; Brunet I, 621; Cicognara 1007 & 3946: 'Tutti gli scritti di questo autore dottissimo sono preziosi'] -- [Tuscany] Sonettiè Canzoni di Diversi Autori Toscani, [colophon: Florence, per li heredi di Philippo di Giunta, 1527], sm. 8vo, printed in italic, woodcut publisher's device on title and colophon (light spotting, final two leaves restored), late 18th-century green morocco, gilt (spine wormed) [Adams T1213; Gamba, 799] -- Tasso (Torquato): Il Re Torrismondo Tragedia, Bergamo, per Comino Ventura, 1587, 4to, first edition (heavily dampstained, preliminaries lightly wormed at lower margins), contemporary vellum [Gamba 961; not in Adams or BL] -- Virgil. Il Primo Libro della Eneida, ridotto da Giovanni Andrea dell'Anguillara, Padua, appresso di Gratioso Perachino, 156[4], 4to (title torn at lower margin with partial loss of date and restored, E3 torn with very slight loss and restored, some staining), 18th-century speckled calf [Brunet V, 1301; BMC of Italian Books, 731] ; and 10 other early vols. of verse by Tasso, Boccaccio, Burchiello, Cammillio Scrofa, Vicenzio da Filicaia, Antonio Phileremo Fregoso, Angelo Poliziano and others. (14)

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Bernardino Baldi from Urbino (153-1617) poet, historian, mathematician and diplomat, was Abbot of Guastalla and Secretary to the Duke of Urbino. His poetry includes the great epic Della Nautica which is considered his major work, dealing with ship building, the art of navigation and trade by sea. It is also important for linguistic reasons, as he used many words, for instance names of fish and shells, not in the vocabulary of the Accademia della Crusca.

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