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Venice: (Giovanni Andrea Valvassori), 1544. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. ff.48;(10). Title within an attractive woodcut border, incorporating the printer's initials at the bottom. Large woodcut device of Valvassori on the verso of the final leaf. A very nice copy in early calf, rebacked. Gilt spine with red morocco label. A scarce early edition of Bembo's (1470-1547) popular amorous poetry. The final 10 leaves, the "Stanze di M. P. Bembo," with its own section title. Adams B602; Gay-Lemonnyer BIBLIOG. DES OUVRAGES RELATIFS A L'AMOUR III, column 1022. (Inventory #: 5195)