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Sixteenth-century book. BEMBO (Pietro) et al.....

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[Sixteenth-century book]. BEMBO (Pietro) [et al.]. Carmina quinque illustrium poetarum, quorum nomina in sequenti pagina continentur. Venetiis, ex officina Erasmiana Vincentii Valgrisii, 1548. In-8, 275 p., [2] f., 19th c. red half-chagrin, 4 ribbed spine, gilt title, double fillet and stars in spandrels (small tear to one rib; light wetness to first four f.). First edition of this collection of neo-Latin poetry by Italian Renaissance authors, containing: I. Petri Bembi Liber I. II. Andreae Naugerii liber I. III. Balthassaris Castilioni liber I. IV. Ioannis Cottae liber I. V. M. Antonii Flaminii libri IIII. VI. M. Antonii Flaminii paraphrasis in triginta psalmos. Printer's mark repeated on the three title pages and in fine. Old handwritten bookplate on title. (Oberlé, Poètes néo-latins en Europe, no. 16; Adams C-730).