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ACHILLINI, Giovanni Philoteo (1466-1533). Il Viridario. Bologna: Girolamo di Plato de Benedictis, 1513. 4° (208 x 140mm), 2- and 3-line initial spaces, most with printed guide-letter, initials in red or blue (lacks first leaf (title?) and without final blank, first leaf remargined at bottom, a few leaves browned, ocassional light spotting, neat tear in one leaf). 19th-century diced russia gilt, red leather spine label, edges stained red, gilt and gauffered (backstrip detached at front hinge). Provenance: illegible rubberstamp at end.
RARE FIRST EDITION of Achillini's first poem. Written in 1504, it is a chivalric poem about the adventures of Minosse and his sons, and is additionally valuable as giving a contemporary picture of artistic and cultural society at Bologna. Brunet I, 38; Graesse I, 13: 'très rare.'
RARE FIRST EDITION of Achillini's first poem. Written in 1504, it is a chivalric poem about the adventures of Minosse and his sons, and is additionally valuable as giving a contemporary picture of artistic and cultural society at Bologna. Brunet I, 38; Graesse I, 13: 'très rare.'
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