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Florence, in the printing house of Filippo Giunti, and brothers, 1570. In 8°. Full parchment binding. Author, title and year handwritten in brown ink on the spine. Printer's device on the title page and at the end. Woodcut initials and decorations. On f. A4v copperplate portrait of the author dated 1570. Edited by Battista Alamanni, whose name appears in the preface. Woodworms. Binding slightly loose. Light browning. Restorations, ownership signature removed and tears on the title page.
Specialist Notes
First posthumous edition edited by Battista Alamanni , whose name appears in the preface.
Alamanni (1495-1556) has been considered for some centuries one of the greatest Italian poets, as demonstrated by the number of editions, which is close to that of the greatest exponents of Italian poetry. However, the histories of twentieth and twenty-first century literature do not assign him the role that Italian publishers between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries showed they recognized, with the number of reprints. The author wrote this poem in octaves in imitation of the Iliad and deals with an imaginary war that in 500 AD Celts, Christians and pagan Germans fought around Avaricum.
Melzi-Tosi p. 9; Olschki-Choix 18.282; BMC STC p. 12. 1570.
Alamanni (1495-1556) has been considered for some centuries one of the greatest Italian poets, as demonstrated by the number of editions, which is close to that of the greatest exponents of Italian poetry. However, the histories of twentieth and twenty-first century literature do not assign him the role that Italian publishers between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries showed they recognized, with the number of reprints. The author wrote this poem in octaves in imitation of the Iliad and deals with an imaginary war that in 500 AD Celts, Christians and pagan Germans fought around Avaricum.
Melzi-Tosi p. 9; Olschki-Choix 18.282; BMC STC p. 12. 1570.
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