"STROZZI, (TITO VESPASIANO ET ERCOLE). - THE WORKS OF TWO IMPORTENT RENAISSANCE POETS.
Reference : 45363
(1530)
Parisiis, Ex officina Simonis Colinaei, 1530. 8vo. Bound in a very fine later full calf (around 1700), profusely gilt spine, titlelabel in leather with gilt lettering, broad gilt borders on covers, edges of covers gilt, edges of leaves gilt. A very small nick to top of spine. (8) lvs. + (1-)256,(3) lvs. + 1 blank. A small and very faint dampstain to upper inner margins of the first 8 lvs. Otherwise very clean throughout. A beautifull printed and wide-margined copy (17x11,5 cm).
Scarce second edition of the ""opera"" of the poetical works of both father and son. Their collected opere were first published by Aldus Manutius in 1513, together with works of his son, under the title Strozii poëtae pater et filius. The offered edition is copied from this Aldus-edition. They were both members of the famous Strozzi-family exiled from Florence.Adams S 1957. - Graesse VI: 512.