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Alamanni, Luigi (1495-1556) La Coltivatione.
Paris: Ruberto Stephano, 1546.
First edition, large octavo, the only Estienne work printed in Italian and entirely in the Stephanus large italic type; the work dedicated to Catherine de Medici (as the Dauphine); bound in full contemporary Italian parchment over stiff boards, two spine labels; some ink inscriptions to title (some imperfectly washed out), 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.
