Original edition , dedicated to the Prince of Salerno, Ferrante Sanseverino, by Baccio Martelli, brother of the author Vincenzo, who had since died. The volume contains a collection of 88 pieces, 81 sonnets, including a sonnet with a tail, three canzoni with the same metrical scheme, three madrigals, and a chapter, "Soglion quei, ch'à pigion toggon Parnaso...". The letters, following the rhyming poems, are very interesting, addressed to notable literary figures of the time, such as Tullia d'Aragona, Vittoria Colonna, Aurelia Sanseverino, Maria Cardona, and to humanists and poets such as Paleari, Panciatichi, Caraffa, Aretino, B. Tasso, and others. An excellent and uncommon copy of this publication, the only one by Martelli, which was reprinted in Florence in 1606 and in Bologna in 1829.
Martelli's Rime, which devote less space to amorous inspiration, constitute a sort of collection of letters in verse, parallel to the section of missives. Some of them reveal Martelli's ties to the Florentine men of letters Pier Vettori and Giovanni Mazzuoli, known as Stradino, to whom he sent objects for his cabinet of curiosities, such as giants' teeth and Greek statuettes; others are addressed to members of the Neapolitan nobility, whose relations with the Prince of Salerno were far from blissful.