Petrarque

1805 · 86630 — Pisa: Tipografia della Societa Letteraria 1805. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols. portrait viii 4 xxii 2 352 2. 368p. i.e. 268p. -- pagination in Tomo II jumps from 225 to 326. 19th century quarterbinding boards with marbled paper with vellum spine and corners. 40cm. Marbled paper worn away along some cover edges. Light to moderate foxing mostly in Tomo I and most heavily on portrait and title-page in that volume which also has a few leaves which are browned and a moderate stain in the lower right portion beginning quite small and faint about page 240 and becoming more extensive leaf-to-leaf until one reaches the back cover where it is visible most of the lower quarter of the rear pastedown. Italian text. Edited by Giovanni Rosini. Petrarch was a celebrated 14th century Italian poet who is also considered one of the founders of humanism. <br/><br/> Tipografia della Societa Letteraria hardcover books