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GIAMBATTISTA OTTONAIO
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Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1560. Small 8vo., woodcut Medici arms on title, repeated on verso of last leaf, two woodcut initials (minor worming affecting one or two letters of title and a few others on preliminary leaves, with two old repairs, light dampstain at lower corner of later leaves), early 19th century marbled calf, covers panelled in gilt and blind and decorated with various blind-stamped tools, flat spine.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of these poems which include a "Canto della palla col trespolo" (a very early poem on tennis) and a "Canto del calcio" (on football). Adams O-419; Gamba 693: "raro".
Canzoni, o vero mascherate carnascialesche
Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1560. Small 8vo., woodcut Medici arms on title, repeated on verso of last leaf, two woodcut initials (minor worming affecting one or two letters of title and a few others on preliminary leaves, with two old repairs, light dampstain at lower corner of later leaves), early 19th century marbled calf, covers panelled in gilt and blind and decorated with various blind-stamped tools, flat spine.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of these poems which include a "Canto della palla col trespolo" (a very early poem on tennis) and a "Canto del calcio" (on football). Adams O-419; Gamba 693: "raro".
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