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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part I

Tuesday 30 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Poemi cavallereschi - Pigna , Giovanni Battista

The novels […], divided into three books, 1554

Estimate

€ 280 - 300

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€ 346

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Information

Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1554. In 4th. Typographic mark on the title page, figured drop caps, some old hand annotations on the margins of some papers, gap in the upper margin of the title page, light browning, last issues with woodworm hole in the margin with loss of only part of the current title only.

Specialist Notes

First edition of this important theoretical treatise on the chivalric poem, published in 1554 shortly after Giambattista Giraldi, teacher of Pigna, published his Discourse on composing novels, being subsequently accused by the student of plagiarism. Adams P-1209. & Nbsp;