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MEDICI, LORENZO DE'. Poesie Volgari nuovamenta stampata . . . Col commento del medesimo sopra alcuni de' suoi sonetti. 205 [i. e., 201], [3] pages, including final leaf with Aldine device on verso, without leaves 109-112 as usual. 8vo, 148x90 mm, 17th-century gilt panelled red morocco, joints restored at top and bottom; title soiled, occasional minor marginal soiling and light stains; gilt edges. Signatures of George H. Powell dated 1891, and the historian Frederick York Powell (1850-1904) dated 1892. Venice: (House of the Sons of Aldus), 1554
first edition andonly aldine edition of a collection of verse by the Florentine statesman Lorenzo de' Medici ('the Magnificent,' 1449-92), who was also an accomplished and prolific poet; second issue, like almost all copies, with gathering O reset in 4 leaves (as called for in the register), omitting 5 canzoni. 'His self-conscious reflection upon his own literary output is also revealed in his Comento . . . which also yields precious autobiographical data' (OCIL). Renouard, page 162(23); New UCLA 473.5; Gamba 648.
