La coltivazione.

  • Wraps
  • London [but Livorno?]: G.T. Masi, 1780
By Alamanni, Luigi.
London [but Livorno?]: G.T. Masi, 1780. Wraps. Good. 17 cm; xxxxiii, 238 pages. Imprint state "Londra, si vende in Livorno...." Engraved title page; engraved portrait. Bound in 19th-century marbled wraps, titled in manuscript on spine. Untrimmed. Wraps frayed at edges, joints, spine ends, and over cords. Some pages yellowed.

Eighteenth-century edition of Virgilian imitations by Luigi Alamanni (1495-1556). Alamanni wrote his elegant "La Coltivazione" while in exile for anti-Medici leanings. The "Tuscan Epigrams" comprise the last 30 pages.

Details

Title

La coltivazione.

Author

Alamanni, Luigi.

Binding

Wraps

Condition

Good

Publisher

G.T. Masi: London [but Livorno?]

Date

1780


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