Vespasien

121689 — Parisiis ex officina Simonis Colinaei 1530. 8vo. 8 leaves. 256 numbered leaves. 3 leaves. Half calf smooth spine decorated binding from the early 19th century. Second edition of the poetic works of the Strozzi father and son which were collected and published for the first time by Aldo Manuzio in 1513. From a powerful family through which he forged ties with the Este house of Ferrara Tito Vespasiano Strozzi 1422-1505 held high positions in the administration and justice of that region. He was known for his humanist compositions in Latin and a few sonnets in Italian. It is said that he spent his life improving the love poems he had written in his youth. His son Ercole Strozzi 1471-1508 whom he associated with his high administrative positions was a friend of Lucrezia Borgia and had married the poetess Barbara Torelli with whom he had a daughter in addition to the two illegitimate children he is known to have. "This union caused his death claim contemporary historians: he was assassinated by a lover of his wife believed to be Alfonso d'Este" Larousse. This edition contains the dedication to Lucrezia Borgia written for the first edition as well as an epitaph dedicated to Ercole Strozzi by Aldo Manuzio. The volume ends with: "Oratio Tvmvltvaria Habita à Caelio Calcagnino In Fvnere Hercvlis Strozae" in prose. Large old ink stain on the title page whose printer's mark has been colored with a contemporary handwritten note: "Manzatus santo me possidet" . Some defects to the binding. Renouard Bibliography of the Editions of Simon de Colines p. 166: "Copy of the Aldine edition of 1513". unknown