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In Vinetia, Appresso Gabriel Giolito di Ferrarÿ. Nel mese di Setembre 1544. First Edition Thus. Hard cover, 12mo (measuring 3 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches.) Twentieth century binding of brown buckram with imprint in gilt of "Rothamsted Laboratory, Lawes Trust" to bottom center of top board. Collation: [1] A8, B10, [22]; 36 pp. unnumbered. The title page features the Venetian Gabriele Giolito's wood-carved printer's device of a phoenix sitting in flames, upon an urn with the initials G.G.F., this surrounded with the motto "de la mia morte eterna vita vivo." (I live from my eternal death). The date of issue appears on the final page. In Italian, with Roman and Italic print. Condition: Very Good antiquarian condition in a Near Fine modern binding. Title page has an area of soiling to center and is marked in pencil. (A paper defect looks like, but is not, a tear at the bottom edge.) A few top page corners are slightly soiled. Page edges appear to have been trimmed when rebound, but not affecting text. Slight stain to the first added endpaper, not affecting text. Small notation on front turn-in in ink and pencil relating to cataloguing. *** Alberto Flavio Lollio (1508-1569), was an Italian Renaissance humanist born in Florence to a well-to-do family, his father being a diplomat for the Duke of Ferrara. The "Lettera '' is Lollio's first published work, in which he provides a carefully worded argument, citing classical historical sources, for the nobility as well as the civil and military practicalities of the agricultural, bucolic life. Also identified as "In Laude della Villa," said villa consists, in this instance, to the farm or the site of agricultural pursuits. The nineteenth century Italian bibliographer, B. Gamba da Bassano notes, in the 4th edition of the "Serie dei Testi di Lingua'' of 1839, that this 1544 "Lettera'' published by Giolito is a reprint of an earlier version printed by Giolito in 1543; the material would also be included amongst later work by Lollio, namely his "Orationi"of 1563. Lollio was associated with a number of Renaissance humanist academies, among them The Accademia degli Elevati, (Florence 1540-41); the Accademia Filareti (1554); the Accademia Tuscana (c. 1567) ; and, thereafter,the Accademia degli Occulti of Brescia, writing an oration against idleness under the pseudonym "Arcano'' thought to concern the evils of tarot. He also wrote music, madrigals, poetry and at least one notable play, "Arethusa in Aretusa," a pastoral comedy. He was an early adherent to the development of works in the vernacular tongue of Tuscany. The dedication to Alfonzo Trotto, ducal factor, was written by Bartolomeo Ferrini (1508-1545). OCLC 32224289 (Four copies are listed in US libraries, and two in Great Britain) Literature: Aslin, (1940), p. 202. British Museum Short Title Catalogue, (1958) p. 391. EDIT 16: CNCE 26016. Gamba (1839) 1483.USTC: 838459 (only 15 copies known: VERY RARE. PROVENANCE: Lawes Agricultural Library, Harpenden, England, acquired 1915.
Ref: RARE 8544
$650.00