VANNINO, Girolamo Lot n° 91

Vinetiade leggiadrissima in terza rima infin'a primi seminari della terza guerra Genovese Venice, Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1558 COPY OF RICHARD HEBER AND COUNT MELZI ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (149 x 94 mm). Typographical mark on the title page, woodcut fleurons and initials COLLATION : A-C8 : 24 ff. (A2r-C8r folioed 2-24), 9 blank leaves bound in to thicken the volume CONTENTS : A1r : title, A2r : dedication, A4r : text Eighteenth century binding. Red morocco, gilt decoration, triple fillet in frame, long spine decorated with vertical titling, gilt edges on marbling. PROVENANCE: Richard Heber (1774-1833; stamp "Bibliotheca Heberiana" on the flyleaf; his sale, London, II, 1834, no. 6097, 2 shillings) -- Count Gaetano Melzi (1786-1851; attribution in pencil "Melziana") -- Federico Lobetti Bodoni (1946-?; bookplate) RARE: only one other copy sold at public auction in the last fifty years Angular loss of the endpaper. Upper hinge very slightly cracked. BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 861992 -- EDIT16 54858 -- not in Brunet -- on Richard Heber, see Seymour de Ricci, pp. 102-105