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1559 · Venice
Terracina, Laura Bacio (1519-1577); Anton Francesco Doni
$2,400

Venice: Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari, 1559. Fifth Giolito edition. Octavo (15 cm); 88 leaves. Printer’s device and cartouche on title page. Author’s portrait within elaborate cornice on verso of title page; two historiated initials, and 46 woodcut vignettes taken from the 1542 Giolito edition of Ariosto’s poem. Handsomely bound in 19th-century (?) crushed morocco with gold double fillets and delicate cornerpieces. Spine in six compartments decorated in gilt with title and date stamped in gilt. Gilt dentelles; marbled endleaves. Trimmed close at top edge. A few stains to early leaves, else negligible spotting.