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Neolatin poetry - Ferrara imprint - LAVEZZOLI LEBETI, Jacobus, O.S.A. - Helicon (...) ad (...) Herculem Estensem eius nominis secundum Ferrariae Principe(m) opt(imum). Ferrara, Fr. Rossi, April 1535

Estimation : 400 / 400
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
4to, mod. boards (spine def.), [12] ff. (1st and last p. soiled, wormtrack in blank bottom margin). Good wide-margined copy. Extr. rare (5th recorded copy) 1st publication of the Italian Neolatin poet and Augustinian monk Giacomo Lavezzoli Lebeti (1510-1585). It is a verse panegyric on Ercole II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara (1508-1559), married to Renée of France. Woodcut ornament on title. Large woodcut mark at the end. On title an anonymous 4-line Latin poem in cont. handwriting “In Lauezoliu(m) Incerti auctoris”. Ref. Edit16 71397 (3). BnF (1). Not in Adams, Oberlé, STCItalian (BL). Joined: Maillardus, Petrus - Sacrae meditationes carmen ad (…) Paulum Camillum Sfondratum S.R.E. Cardinalem. Rome, P. Diani, 1591, 4to, 18 (of 20) ff. (lacking 2 prel. ff.). Woodcut papal arms on title. Ref. Edit16 46665.
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