May 05, 2022 - Sale 2603

Sale 2603 - Lot 180

Price Realized: $ 228
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
Berni, Francesco (1497/98-1535)
Tutte le Opere del Bernia in Terza Rima, Nuovamente con Somma Diligentia Stampate.

[Venice: no printer], 1540.

Octavo, with poetic contributions by Berni, Francesco Maria Molza, Benedetto Varchi, Giovanni Mauro, Giovanni Della Casa, Giovanni Francesco Bini, and Lodovico Dolce; lacking R5 (page 133) the last leaf of the second section (?blank); text in a single column in italic type throughout, rebound in modern full leather, with extensive modern notes on flyleaves taken by an Italian reader with an interest in erotica; 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.

Adams B-753; rare at auction.