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Gambara, Veronica

Veronica Gambara's rhymes and letters collected by Felice Rizzardi, 1759

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€ 80 - 150

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€ 155

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Information

Brescia, Giammaria Rizzardi, 1759. In 8vo. A finely margined copy with a half-title, frontispiece and frontispiece vignette with a vignette engraved in copper by Domenico Cagnoni, a portrait of the author, a copper-engraved plate, a folded family tree, intaglio decorations and initials, a printer's device engraved at the end, slight traces of humidity, slightly loose binding, contemporary hardback binding.

Specialist Notes

First edition of the Rhymes and Letters of the Lombard poet. Veronica Gambara (Pralboino, 1485 – Correggio, 1550), Countess and Regent of Correggio, was among the most eminent female figures of the Italian Renaissance. A woman of vast culture, poet, and patron, she transformed her court into a refined political and literary center, frequented by humanists and prominent artists. A skilled diplomat, she maintained the autonomy of her fiefdom through a shrewd balance of alliances and political strategies, earning the esteem of Charles V. Her rhymes, with their clear Petrarchan elegance, earned her a place of honor among the leading voices of female poetry of the sixteenth century.

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