Petrarca, Il Petrarcha, Venice, Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, July 1521, modern crushed red morocco (Henry T. Wood Ltd., London)

Petrarca, Francesco. Il Petrarcha. Sonetti et canzoni di messer Francesco Petrarcha in vita di Madonna Laura. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, July 1521

Third edition.

8vo (158 x 95 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: a-z⁸ A-C⁸ (s7, z8 , and B8 blanks): 208 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on final verso. (Repair to first leaf costing a few letters, occasional browning and staining, scattered foxing, h8 and i1 remargined at top, small repair to s8.)

binding: Modern crushed red morocco (163 x 104 mm), by Henry T. Wood Ltd., London, covers ruled in blind, spine with raised bands in six compartments, all edges gilt, turn-ins ruled in gilt. (Slightest rubbing to extremities.)

provenance: Inscription "Cl… eo (?) Beracci" on title-page (washed) — Conte Leonardo Vitetti (1895-1973), armorial ex libris. acquisition: Purchased from Maggs Bros, London, 1977. references: UCLA 206; Renouard 92/12; Edit16 37648; USTC 847815