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[PALMA, Vincenzo.] Passatempo poetico risposta per le rime a i trastulli sopra i colori del gioco del calcio del. M. DC. LXXX. verde, e rosa. Lucca: per li Marescandoli, 1680.
8°. Title with woodcut armorial and decorative border. Woodcut border to each page of text, typographial ornaments. Recent marbled boards backed in red calf, spine titled and dated in gilt. Provenance: Piero Ginori Conti (bookplate).
The title includes a dedication to the "illustrissima Signora Ersilia Santini affectionata al color Verde," and a 2-page dedication follows signed by Palma who describes himself as her cousin. One of his madrigals is addressed "Alle Bellissime Dame del color Verde. La presenza delle quale atterrità le presunte Vittorie del Color di Rosa"; the other amatory verses are addressed directly to the two colours themselves, debating which is of greater beauty and renown.
8°. Title with woodcut armorial and decorative border. Woodcut border to each page of text, typographial ornaments. Recent marbled boards backed in red calf, spine titled and dated in gilt. Provenance: Piero Ginori Conti (bookplate).
The title includes a dedication to the "illustrissima Signora Ersilia Santini affectionata al color Verde," and a 2-page dedication follows signed by Palma who describes himself as her cousin. One of his madrigals is addressed "Alle Bellissime Dame del color Verde. La presenza delle quale atterrità le presunte Vittorie del Color di Rosa"; the other amatory verses are addressed directly to the two colours themselves, debating which is of greater beauty and renown.