Sannazaro, De partu Virginis, Venice, Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, 1527, nineteenth-century tan calf

Sannazaro, Jacopo. Actii Synceri Sannazarii De partu Virginis. Lamentatio de morte Christi. Piscatoria. Petri Bembi Benacus. Augustini Beatiani Verona. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, August 1527

First Aldine edition of Sannazaro’s Latin poems, with a preface to the reader by Gian Francesco d'Asola stating that he was against, in principle, publishing contemporary authors, but was making an exception for Sannazaro and Bembo, whose poetry approached the glory of the ancients (ad antiquorum in eo genere principum gloriam accederet) and deserved to be read and imitated.

4to (152 x 98 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: X̶⁸ A-F⁸: 56 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page and verso of last leaf. (Worm holes repaired on last leaf, very light spotting, mainly to title.)

binding: Nineteenth-century tan calf (158 x 104 mm). (Rebacked, adhesive stain to pastedowns.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, armorial ex libris with motto "So volere, So attendere", possibly Alberto Pariani (1876- 1952) — Sergio Colombi (1887-1972), ex libris. acquisition: Purchased from Bredford libri rari, Lugano, 1997. references: UCLA 247; Renouard 104/6; Edit16 37739; USTC 854628; Cataldi Palau 109